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Heaven Hill 10 yo (2009/2020, Valinch & Mallet, 48,8%)

We end our reviews of the latest Valinch & Mallet bottlings facing a single cask of Heaven Hill, a Kentucky Bourbon. It is a brother barrel (or a sister cask, you choose the gender conflict you want) of another Heaven Hill, which we had drunk last year, and which we found very unusual and delicate. Let’s see if the genes are the same.

Progetto senza titolo (4)

N: not muscolar and just a little bourbonish, this is really aromatic and delicate. Immediately we nose white flowers and violet, then a gentle sweetness of yellow plums, dried coconut, alkekengi and a bit of icing sugar. Well, vanilla, of course. Pleasant, even if feel something artificial – it leaves a bit of a sense of ephebic bourbon, if we understand each other. In his sister cask we detected a Kirsch, and there is a sense of fruit distillate here too.

P: the palate seems to be less complex than the nose, totally dominated by a very, very intense violet flower. We think of Parma violets and violet licorice, if you know that stuff… It is quite woody, with fresh wood and spices; and then we are struck by a hint of Modica chocolate, that is sugary and sour.

F: un po’ più legnosetto e cioccolatoso, con sempre la violetta in evidente evidenza. Noce moscata.

Difficile da valutare, l’abbiamo trovato un po’ monodimensionale – rispetto all’altro HH imbottigliato da Valinch, ci sembra un filo meno complesso, pur sempre molto vicino e coerente. Ha un palato più legnosetto e meno fruttato che ci è parso meno emozionante, ed è la cosa che ce lo fa tenere un punticino sotto all’8 anni: 84/100. Non è il nostro stile di bourbon preferito (preferiamo i bourbon più muscolari, sono gusti), ma è molto delicato e piacevole, sappiamo che avrà molti estimatori.

Recommended soundtrack: Kim Wilde – Kids in America.

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