West Cork Single Malt Calvados Cask Finished / 43%/ 0.7l
- West Cork Distillers Co. was founded in 2003 by John O’Connell, Dennis and Ger McCarthy. Ten years later they moved to Skibbereen, where they operate to this day.
Product description
West Cork Distillers Co. was founded in 2003 by John O'Connell and Dennis and Ger McCarthy.
After ten years, the distillery was moved to Skibbereen, where it operates to this day, distilling malt and grain whiskey. Blends are also made on site. The company's latest offering (November 2019) is the "Cask Finish Collection" series, which consists of five whiskeys. All of them, triple-distilled, spent their basic maturation period in first-fill bourbon casks, and finished in sherry, port, rum, calvados and virgin casks. The edition presented here spent the last few months in Garnier calvados casks.
Nose : fruity, apples, pears, white peaches, marzipan, vanilla, toffee, notes of lemongrass, white pepper and oak.
Palate: vanilla, toffee, baked apples, pears, quince jelly, a hint of candied ginger, traces of pine needles, hay and oak.
Finish : medium long, with notes of summer fruits, vanilla, honey, a mixture of spices and oak.