Kilkerran – Work In Progress 2 2004 6 year old Whisky

Description

Featured in the 1001 whiskies you must try before you die book “While not quite as heavy as WIP 1, with less acetone,this still exhibits notes of spice,jasmine and herbs on the nose and big notes of sea brine and clove on the palate, with more herbal notes. This one is slightly more complex,with more spice on the finish. ” The 2nd edition with the Grey coloured labels with only 15,000 bottle released in 2010. Nose: Fragrant and aromatic notes combine with subtle sea spray and brine notes. Hints of herbal barley, coconut, palma violets and pear drops. Palate: Full bodied mix of salty, coastal notes, spicy citrussy peat with clove, fresh herbs, aromatic honey, green apples, coconut and vanilla. Finish: Salty coconut, peat smoke with an oily-brine like quality, clove honey, aromatic herbs, green fruit (apple dusted with smoked vanilla icing sugar) As the name suggests a work in progress, but many distilleries would love to have this complexity and elegance at twice the age let alone after just 6 years.