ABV: 40 %
Origin: Ireland
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and malty. At first there’s a spirity note on top with a sweet and malty center underneath. Inside the sweetness there are notes of vanilla, honey and sticky red berries. There’s a thin sawdust oakiness surrounding the edges. When it settles the maltiness becomes bread-like and the spirity note becomes more of a menthol freshness. The red fruitiness really have to fight to keep up with the other flavours and nearly succeeds. There’s a slight hint of hazelnuts and baking spices as well. Time in the glass helps but it feels younger than its age. This is a good nose with a lot to offer, yet it somehow doesn’t feel like a weighted composition.

Mouth: It starts out with the oakiness out on the edges and fresh red fruitiness, honey and oak in the center. It doesn’t take long before it becomes malty and bready. There are some tobacco notes and baking spices floating around. It lacks some power to carry all the flavours. There’s a slight bitterness in the back and as time passes the fruitiness grows darker and more ripe. There’s a hint of tropical fruits emerging from from the back and so does an older oak note. This creates a nice contrast and brings complexity to the whole.

Finish: The transition is mellow and lacks a bit of power. The malty notes return and so do darker fruits. They soon get pushed away by the tropical fruitiness, baking spices and a very nice nutty oakiness. There’s a lemony zest note in the back and this point in the finish is amazing. The late finish really shows off the age with the old oak, hazelnuts and some delicious tropical fruits. This is a great whisky which could have been amazing if it wasn’t watered down. The finish is pure magic.

Additional information
This whisky was first aged in ex-bourbon barrels and ex-Oloroso sherry casks then finished in port pipes. It’s triple distilled.

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