West Cork Maritime Release - Port Cask

Profile: The West Cork Maritime Release - Port Cask at a glance

• Maritim & varied refinements: Special edition from West Cork
• Distinctive bottle: Mouth-blown based on the example of Irish swimming balls
• One of four Maritim releases: The special edition includes four bottlings

Portrait: What makes the West Cork Maritime Release - Port Cask so special.

As Denis McCarthy, Ger McCarthy and John O 'Connell founded West Cork in 2003, opening a distillery made little economic sense. Equipped with the distilling knowledge of their families, the food developer and the two fishermen got started anyway. Today, West Cork is home to Skibbereen - as the largest, wholly Irish-owned distillery in the country.

A new special edition bridges the gap to the former profession two founders. The "Maritime Release"comprises four fillings in bottles that were mouth-blown in the style of floating balls for West Cork. These hollow glass spheres once gave fishing nets buoyancy. The pouring spout on the side enables smoother pouring.

With ideal drinking strength, the Irish quartet unfolds varied aromas from different finishes.

The Port wine casks for the refinement of the West Cork Maritime Release - Port Cask make the single malt the sweetsest of the special editions. 

Tasting Notes: This is how the West Cork Maritime Release - Port Cask tastes 

• Nose: elegant aromas of sweet dates and raisins, clearly the influence of port wine - with light aromas of spicy heather and some vanilla - above all spicy oak
• Palate: full and round - pleasant sweetness of dried fruit and sweet cherries - the spicy tones are in the background
• Finish: soft and harmonious in the long finish - the sweet fruits are present for a long time