T.D.L 2008, 16 years, Club Members Edition No. 3
What can we say? It’s TDL again - because the Tasting Committee chose it!
The “culprits”: Claire Chin, Magdalena Reszke, Roger Caroni, Emiliano Distillatomico, Hervé Midou, Dominik Rudnicki, and Quentin de Behault. And honestly, you can’t blame them - it’s a standout spirit. Meet the third Up Spirits Club release: 16 years old, with 11 of those in tropical aging.
One committee member (guess who?) wrote:
“Incredibly rich -liquorice, dark chocolate, tobacco, coffee, caramel, Christmas spices, leather, cola […] Reminds me of a very dark Enmore. Perfect for winter evenings.”
Yes, it was Roger Caroni. The rest agreed. Now it’s your turn - try it and see for yourself.
What can we say? It’s TDL again - because the Tasting Committee chose it!
The “culprits”: Claire Chin, Magdalena Reszke, Roger Caroni, Emiliano Distillatomico, Hervé Midou, Dominik Rudnicki, and Quentin de Behault. And honestly, you can’t blame them - it’s a standout spirit. Meet the third Up Spirits Club release: 16 years old, with 11 of those in tropical aging.
One committee member (guess who?) wrote:
“Incredibly rich -liquorice, dark chocolate, tobacco, coffee, caramel, Christmas spices, leather, cola […] Reminds me of a very dark Enmore. Perfect for winter evenings.”
Yes, it was Roger Caroni. The rest agreed. Now it’s your turn - try it and see for yourself.
What can we say? It’s TDL again - because the Tasting Committee chose it!
The “culprits”: Claire Chin, Magdalena Reszke, Roger Caroni, Emiliano Distillatomico, Hervé Midou, Dominik Rudnicki, and Quentin de Behault. And honestly, you can’t blame them - it’s a standout spirit. Meet the third Up Spirits Club release: 16 years old, with 11 of those in tropical aging.
One committee member (guess who?) wrote:
“Incredibly rich -liquorice, dark chocolate, tobacco, coffee, caramel, Christmas spices, leather, cola […] Reminds me of a very dark Enmore. Perfect for winter evenings.”
Yes, it was Roger Caroni. The rest agreed. Now it’s your turn - try it and see for yourself.
Club Members Edition No. 3
Region: Trinidad
Distillery: Trinidad Distillers Limited
Age: 16
Distillation: 10-2008
Bottled: 03-2025
Cask no: 239
Cask type: Ex-Bourbon
Still type: Column
Maturation: 11 years in the tropics
ABV 63.9%
Vol. 700 ml
No bottles: 231
Tasting Notes:
“Same question as when tasting Caroni, ‘heavy or light?’ Or a bit of both? If there’s no petrol-mango in here, I’ll eat my beret. Colour: reddish amber. Nose: petrol-mango (too easy, S.), freshly sawn orchard wood, peanut butter, and quite a bit of ethanol which initially gets in the way. Only one solution, with water: fresh plywood and new balsa, tar and coal tar, but also bitter almonds and two or three mussels in white wine. Yep. Mouth (neat): peach liqueur, mango liqueur, black pepper, basil, varnish, aniseed, liquorice, acetone. With water: slightly bitter olive oil, likely Spanish, then it unrolls into exotic fruits with salted liquorice. Finish: mango comes back to wave goodbye, which is nice. A hint of rose jelly. Very pretty salinity. Comments: let’s say it plainly, the mango and tar combo is irresistible. But how much is the Club membership? Not like at Turnberry, we hope.”
Note: SGP:662 - 90 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com
