57,1°
Distillery : Glengyle - Campbeltown
Recharred Oloroso Sherry Casks
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2019
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated from 12 to 15 ppm
The distillery regularly produces bottlings of 8-year-old cask strength. The special feature of this one is that it has been aged in toasted sherry casks, which means it has been burnt with a blowtorch. 15,000 bottles were sold.
Let's Taste It :
Wood and smoked bacon, chimney fire, dried fruits: apricots, dates, figs, raisins. Rare cooked beef. Some red fruits, mainly strawberry. Fat, thick and tasty sherry. Agen prunes. The typical Kilkerran farmhouse character is barely perceptible. Some cereals though, puffed rice and barley. Meat juice. Very fleshy on the palate, still with dried fruits, but also juicy, rare and candied. The spices are rising, but not too much. Quite ripe red plum. An ounce of coarse salt. Slightly dry finish, wood and liquorice, heather earth, crunchy grapes, charcoal, pear, cherry.
In Short,
A truly excellent edition, very fruity and rare. Don't hesitate to buy it, as long as you can find it at a reasonable price, because it's a victim of its own success.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
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