- Product Code: WM-43266
- Buy and earn 78 points worth £0.78
Description
Earlier this year Glengyle Distillery reached a milestone 16 years in production since its reopening in 2004.
From it’s resurrection the team in Campbeltown have been focused on developing a diverse range of single malts from the heavily peated, non-peated and triple distilled spirits to the much loved core 12-Years-Old edition.
This is the oldest official expression in the line-up from Campbeltown's Kilkerran Distillery.
The 16 year old joins the core range as a limited annual edition, it is a combination of 98% ex-bourbon casks and 2% Madeira casks.
Aged for 16 years in exclusively Ex Bourbon cask, this limited release from the ever popular Kilkerran is bound to be a cracking dram.
Please note, being sold from a private collection.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Initially delicate with herbal and citrus characteristics before opening up to reveal brighter and zestier notes with orange peel and tart lemon meringue pie. There is also a creamy, nutty aroma which develops over time and a hint of tropical pineapple. A fleeting briny component reminds you that this is definitely a Campbeltown Single Malt.
Palate: The palate reveals layers of complex flavours. Cereal and malt notes are present alongside soft dry peat smoke, herbs, black pepper and tones of sandalwood and beeswax. The bourbon maturation allows a fragrant aniseed note to carry through from the spirit, which also lends a waxy texture to the dram.
Finish: The dry and ashy peat smoke influence continues as does the deep-rooted coastal brine. Overall this is a bright and complex whisky that is not overly sweetened from the bourbon maturation. It is fragrant, grassy and gently peated.
Tags:
kilkerran,
year,
old,
70cl,
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