West Cork Single Malt Rum Cask Finished Maritime Release / 46%/ 0.7l
- West Cork Distillers Co. was founded in 2003 by John O’Connell, and 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 moved to Skibbereen where it operates to this day distilling malt and grain whiskey.
Blends are also made on site. West Cork is currently the largest distillery in the country that is 100% Irish-owned. The company’s latest offering is the “Maritime Release”, a series of four single malt whiskeys presented in handmade bottles in the shape of fishing buoys. After a basic maturation in American oak barrels, the whiskey was finished in Venezuelan rum barrels produced by Consorcio Licorero Nacional. The whiskey was bottled with its natural colour and without chill filtration.
Nose: caramel, vanilla, coconut, pineapple, ripe bananas, white chocolate, notes of breakfast cereal and oak.
Palate: vanilla, cotton candy, caramel, rum-soaked raisins, dried figs, coconut flakes, cinnamon, cloves and toasted oak.
Finish: medium long, with notes of burnt sugar, vanilla, sweet dried fruit, cinnamon and oak.