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Today, as we’re in March, it’s Saint Patrick’s time, or « The Irish Month », I realised that I still haven’t reviewed on video (though I talked about it in my website & awarded it too) the POWERS « John’s Lane » release, so it was about time to review it (precise time stamps below) :
-POWERS « JOHN’S LANE » Release, 12 yo, bottled 21/04/2021 (Batch L111131287), Limited edition, MIDLETON distillery (POWER’S before 1975), triple-distilled, matured in first fill Bourbon casks, then finished in Oloroso Sherry casks, non-chill filtered, but coloured, 46 % (Single-Pot Still Irish Whiskey)
I also felt it could be interesting, despite the abv difference, to review also some blended whiskies under the POWER name, and also to mention its name did change, from « Pure Pot Still » to « Single Pot Still » over the years :
-POWERS “SPECIAL RESERVE”, 12 yo, bottled circa 2007 (Batch L228631331), MIDLETON distillery, triple-distilled, matured in first fill Bourbon casks, then finished in Oloroso Sherry casks, chill filtered & coloured, 40 % (Disclaimer : Apologies, my fault, not having checked lately, this in not a « Pure Pot Still Irish Whiskey » but a « Blended Irish Whiskey », sorry about this mistake). But I wanted to start the session with the entry level of this series in its ancient form :
-POWERS « GOLD LABEL » (“Three Swallow”), nas (around 7 yo), bottled in 2011, MIDLETON distillery, triple-distilled, matured & first & second fill Bourbon casks, chill filtered & coloured, 40 % (Irish Blended Whiskey)
Last but not least, and before I do specific videos about my Cognac collection & the Cognac topic in general (& in English!), I wanted to illustrate what I say sometimes, i.e. the partly similar tasting notes that one can find in old Cognacs that remind me a lot of Irish Single Pot Still Whiskeys (hence my « Highlight of the Year » winner in the Cognac category), showing 3 examples of it from my collection (including a vintage « 1988 » from GROSPERRIN-and I did mistake talking about its founder’s statement, Jean, instead of his son, Guilhem...), and tasting 2 of them :
-COGNAC RAGNAUD-SABOURIN XO « N°25 », 25 yo, « Grande Champagne », bottled circa 2019, family owned producer & wine grower, chill filtered, but non coloured, non sugared, no oak essence added, 40 %.
-COGNAC VALLEIN-TERCINIER « ODYSSEE »,« Très vieux Cognac » from « Fins Bois », distilled in 2000, bottled in 2013 (Batch/Lot N°L 2000_1), family owned distillery, non-chill filtered, non coloured, non sugared, no oak essence added, 46 %.
Disclaimer : Note that for Cognac, Armagnac & Rum, unlike for regulated Whisky, there also other additive than caramel colour (E150a) allowed, but that does not mean that all companies use them : Sugar (raw saccharose) and oak (essence of oak aka « essence de boisé », mainly).
PRECISE TIMING :
0:00 Intro/About Irish Whiskey(quick reminder)
7:33 Powers « Gold Label » (Three Swallow), nas (2011), Irish Blended Whiskey, 40 % /Presentation
9:10 Powers « Gold Label » (Three Swallow), nas (2011), Irish Blended Whiskey, 40 % /Nosing
10:01 Powers « Gold Label » (Three Swallow), nas (2011), Irish Blended Whiskey, 40 % /Tasting neat, then with water
11:05 Powers « Special Reserve » 12 yo (2007), Irish Blended Whiskey, 40 % /Presentation
14:18 Powers « Special Reserve » 12 yo, 40 % /Nosing
15:07 Powers « Special Reserve » 12 yo, 40 % /Tasting neat, then with water
18:29 Powers « John’s Lane », 12 yo (2021), Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, 46 % /Presentation
21:26 Powers « John’s Lane », 12 yo, 46 % /Nosing
25:30 Powers « John’s Lane », 12 yo, 46 % /Tasting neat, then diluted
27:06 Cognac profiles similarities (mentioning several bottles of Cognac)
30:01 Cognac Ragnaud-Sabourin XO « N°25 » (25 yo), Grande Champagne, c. 2019, 40 % /Presentation
31:18 Cognac Ragnaud-Sabourin XO « N°25 », 40 % /Nosing
32:09 Cognac Ragnaud-Sabourin XO « N°25 », 40 % /Tasting neat, then diluted
33:45 Cognac Vallein-Tercinier « Odyssée » (« very old Cognac »), 2000-2013, « Fins Bois », 46 %/Presentation
36:12 Cognac Vallein-Tercinier « Odyssée », Fins Bois, 46 % /Nosing
36:54 Cognac Vallein-Tercinier « Odyssée », Fins Bois, 46 % /Tasting neat, then diluted
38:03 Conclusion
Link to some of my videos about IRISH WHISKEYS, here a choice of LIVE shows only for once):
LIVE show (solo) in which I am tasting 7 different Irish Whiskeys :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A10BB701bJA&t=1792s
LIVE show with our friend Big AL (RIP) from WHISKEY STRAIGHT :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCuZ4jzVp6I&t=1551s
LIVE show with our friend Jim from WHISKEY NOVICE :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3eVhZpED_c&t=2525s
Link to my most important topic about COGNAC on my website (with 2 visit reports : Vallein-Tercinier & Grosperrin, with infos about Cognac regulations & a lot of tasting notes) :
https://www.gregswhiskyguide.com/actualites/gros-plan-focus/238-gros-plan-no-2-voyage-au-pays-du-cognac.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWogVcFROsM
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