Product description
West Cork Distillers has been operating since 2003, founded by three friends – John O'Connell and brothers Dennis and Ger McCarthy.
The distillery distills malt and grain whiskey and blends its own blend. Its commercial offer also includes Garnish Island Gin, although gin production is only 5% of turnover. The company's latest offer (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 whiskey presented here spent the last months of maturation in sherry casks from Bodegas Baron.
Nose : delicate notes of sherry, raisins, dried plums and figs, vanilla, caramel, fruit candies, roasted almonds and a touch of cocoa.
Taste : Initially sweet, vanilla, milk chocolate, brown sugar, plums, raisins, orange jam, after a while reveals notes of cinnamon, pepper and oak.
Finish : Medium long, with notes of vanilla, dried fruit, milk chocolate, pepper and a pinch of allspice.