Bushmills Private Reserve 12 Year Old Bordeaux Cask Finish Review | The Daily Pour

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Bushmills Private Reserve 12 Year Old Bordeaux Cask Finish

  • Distiller

    Bushmills

  • Bottler

    Bushmills

  • ABV

    47%

  • Age

    12 Years

  • Price $60 to $99.99

The Bushmills Private Reserve Collection is a series of single malts with different cask finishes. This 12-year-old single malt Irish whiskey is first matured in bourbon barrels and oloroso sherry casks before finishing in Bordeaux casks from Pomerol, France.

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  • Raided Score: 93
  • Whisky Advocate
  • By Julia Higgins
  • The finish is superb—lengthy and warming—and it leaves you with tiramisu, chocolate eclair, and dark fruits.
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  • Raided Score: 86
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • A fairly simple sweet and pleasant whiskey. Not my favorite of this series, but it's very approachable and easy to enjoy.
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  • Nose:

    Grainy character blends nicely with sweet wine influence. A big apricot note leads the way on the nose, joined by honey, graham cracker, white pepper and vanilla.

  • Taste:

    Apricot remains on the palate, along with plenty of peach, a pleasant malty character and a bit of pepper.

  • Finish:

    This whiskey finishes long, concluding with honey, graham cracker, oak and sweet apricot.

  • Overall:

    A fairly simple sweet and pleasant whiskey. Not my favorite of this series, but it's very approachable and easy to enjoy.

  • Score:

    86

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources