Good review score, 80 out of 100
Red berries, cherries, toffee and orange cake show on the palate, but the reviewer feels the Bordeaux cask—not the yeast—is doing most of the talking.
- berry
- blackcurrant
- bourbon
- cake
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By Ruben
Peated
Holyrood Distillery Bordeaux Yeast - 2025 Release is a Scottish single malt whisky that highlights how yeast choice can shape flavour, rather than serving only for fermentation. For a new drinker, that means this whisky is presented as an exploration of process as much as place.
Red berries, cherries, toffee and orange cake show on the palate, but the reviewer feels the Bordeaux cask—not the yeast—is doing most of the talking.