2023 F. Esmonin Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru Tawny Port Distiller Notes: This whisky is

Distiller Notes:  This whisky is made entirely from polished barley fermented with white koji and Fukuoka yeast

Detailed and pure

These lead to a rich palate of dried papaya

Full-bodied with a powerful and polished tannin structure that follows through to the very end

2023 F. Esmonin Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru Tawny Port Distiller Notes: This whisky is92 Points Burghound: A more sauvage influence suffuses the nose of poached plum, spicy red currant and newly turned earth. The rich, delicious and caressing medium weight flavors flash evident minerality that continues onto the bitter pit fruit inflected finale that also displays just a touch of dryness. Again, my sense is that this is more due to the recent bottling than underripe tannins.