Tasting notes·Thousand Mountains
Thousand Mountains (2018/2022) Ex-Red Wine & Ex-Bourbon in Ex-Moscatel Finish - Genussraum Paderborn
A Sauerland “Single Cask” that has seen three casks in four years – anyone who still believes in simple categories probably also believes in unicorns. That doesn't mean this isn't a genuine single cask, since the term is not regulated for German whisky, at least. But you're allowed to raise an eyebrow.
The panel
Mean 80.5 · spread 1
Value for money 3/5
- Distillery
- Thousand Mountains
- Type
- Whisky
- Country
- Germany
- Age
- 4 years
- Strength
- 58% ABV
- Character
- rich
Tasting
Nose
Plum is immediately in the room, flanked by raisin and cinnamon. Plus tobacco, leather, and this Moods cigarillos note that smells more like a drawer than a humidor. Overall it comes across like a classic sherry profile – just with the slightly overmotivated signature of a cask marathon.
Palate
Earthy and with an oily mouthfeel, plus plum, dates, and raisins in dense succession. Marsala flashes up and pushes the sweetness toward dessert wine. At the same time, a touch of youth remains and a trace of artificial fruit notes that show: intense can sometimes be louder than it is rounded.
Finish
Long and warming, slight tingling, yet dry. Raisiny, with tobacco leaf and cinnamon as an echo.
Verdicts
Marcel
Amazingly mature for four years of maturation time, which, given the cask career, doesn't necessarily have to be a wonder. Exciting in any case!
Sascha
Quite clearly short, rough maturation: lots of pressure, lots of aroma, little polish. Intense, but not yet rounded off – as if you were disturbing the whisky while growing up. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it definitely requires the right expectations.
What it is worth
No auction record for this distillery, so we cannot tell you what this bottle is worth. We would rather say that than guess.