Teerenpeeli 5 Years Old Batch 1

By Barry Bradford on December 3, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

What they say

It’s That Boutique-y Whisky Company’s very first bottling of Finnish single malt whisky from the Teerenpeli Distillery in Lahti! Released for the Wine Cask Series, this one has been aged in a Spanish ex-Oloroso sherry cask for five years. The label shows Jari from the distillery driving a Zamboni, helping to clear the streets in front of the shops, that are inside shipping containers (perhaps a reference to how the distillery matures its barrels in shipping containers…).

Batch 1 is a release of 448 bottles.

Official tasting notes

Nose: Fruit cake, gingerbread, and almond biscuits. Baked goods galore!
Palate: Red liquorice, orange boiled sweets, malty vanilla and a touch of sponge cake.
Finish: A touch of cinnamon and burnt sugar on the finish.

What I say

Released as part of That Boutique-Y Whisky Company’s Wine Cask series. This whisky was distilled at Teerenpeeli distillery in Finland and matured in an ex-Oloroso sherry cask for 5 years before bottling at 47.6% ABV. This is my first sampling from Teerenpeeli distillery thanks to TBWC’s diverse cask ranges they have released steadily throughout this year.

ABV 47.6%
Age 5 Years Old
Bottler That Boutique-Y Whisky Company
Bottling Batch 1
Cask Oloroso Sherry
Category Single malt whisky
Cost £69.95
Origin Teerenpeeli Distillery
Outturn 448
Region Finland
Released 2021
Vintage undisclosed

My tasting notes

Appearance Ruby bronze (14/20), medium-large droplet tears and tapered legs.
Nose Fruity, berries and cherries, red wine/red grape influence, good woody tannins and some mustiness, jammy strawberries and raspberries, strawberry tarts, woody oak, shortcrust pastry, sweet apple and blackcurrant, strudel.
Taste Medium-bodied, silky and a touch stickier/syrupy, fuller fruits, later some tannins and hints of woody spices, malty, chewy sweetness, cranberry sauce and plums, clears to apple and blackcurrant but no tartness.
Finish Long, cherry boiled sweets, soft oak tannins, leathery, brambles.
Overall Another great wine cask example from TBWC, I’ve no feeling for the original spirit but this felt like mostly sherry cask and perhaps not too much original spirit nature – certainly for a 5yo. The result is a very enjoyable sherried whisky.