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Starward Dolce

Starward Dolce

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Distillery: Starward Distillery
Type: Australian
ABV: 40%
Price: £45

Tasting Notes

Nose

Dessert wine sweetness, raisin, a gentle malty warmth. The Muscat and Tokay finishing adds a distinctive sticky-wine richness. Beneath the wine, honey, malt and a gentle warmth.

Palate

Sweet and wine-influenced — raisin, honey, a gentle warmth. The dessert wine finishing adds genuine sweetness. Mid-palate brings dried fruit, a gentle spice and a warm, generous sweetness. At 40%, smooth.

Finish

Medium, with dessert wine sweetness and a gentle warmth.

Starward Dolce matures in Australian Muscat and Tokay dessert wine casks — fortified wines from Victoria's Rutherglen region. The sticky-wine influence adds a distinctive raisined sweetness to the Starward malt character.

The dessert wine finishing creates a distinctly Australian whisky. Rutherglen Muscat and Tokay are uniquely Australian wine styles, and their influence gives Dolce a character that could not be replicated with any imported cask type.

Starward Dolce is an accessible, sweet-wine-influenced Australian malt. The dessert wine finishing adds genuine character, and the Melbourne identity is authentic. A gentle, sweet expression of Australian whisky.

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Joe Whitfield
Joe Whitfield
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Joe has spent over fifteen years immersed in the whiskey industry, beginning his career at a Speyside distillery before moving into drinks journalism. As Editor-in-Chief at Whiskeyful.com, he oversees...

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