Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.
Pascal Tissot’s distillery in the Jura region of France uses a set of former perfume stills, along with so-called “feuillette” barrels that are half the size of traditional Burgundy wine barrels. This whisky was matured in feuillette barrels previously used for the sherry-like Vin Jaune wine, and the result is a light and airy Chardonnay-like whisky with a nose full of green grapes, peaches, linseed oil, dried flowers, and straw. The taste is tart and lemony with lemon pepper, green grapes, linseed oil, and a hint of allspice in the background. The finish is long and tart.
Overall, this whisky is very tart, dry, and wine-like – missing some of the classic single malt whisky character. However, it is a unique example of a regional style of whisky worth trying. (January, 2015)
Pascal Tissot’s distillery in the Jura region of France uses a set of former perfume stills, along with so-called “feuillette” barrels that are half the size of traditional Burgundy wine barrels. This whisky was matured in feuillette barrels previously used for the sherry-like Vin Jaune wine, and the result is a light and airy Chardonnay-like whisky with a nose full of green grapes, peaches, linseed oil, dried flowers, and straw. The taste is tart and lemony with lemon pepper, green grapes, linseed oil, and a hint of allspice in the background. The finish is long and tart.
