Kilkerran Work In Progress 2009

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Kilkerran Work In Progress 2009
Glengyle Distillery
70 centiliter, Originalbuteljeringen, 46%
Hemsida

Inköpt 2009-11-16 för SEK 515 = 7,35 kr/cl Oöppnad

Mina kommentarer:
Första officiella buteljeringen av Kilkerran (förutom Tasting Room varianterna). Min poäng: 74 p

Tasting notes från whiskyfun: Officiella tasting notes:

Kilkerran 'Work in Progress' (46%, OB, 2009) From Glengyle Distillery and not from Springbank unlike what I’ve read here and there – but indeed, Glengyle belongs to Springbank. According to some sources this one is 4 years old and according to other sources, it's 5 years old. Does that really matter? Colour: white wine (no heavy wood treatment, great!) Nose: dammit, this is superb! An exceptional clean and fresh yet fatty and oily spirit that smells very old Highlands in y opinion. Wax, lemon, wet rocks, linseed oil, motor oil, cut grass, whiffs of ‘clean wet dog’ (not just any street mongrel) and just hints of cider apples (faint sourness) plus a little vanilla from the oak. Gets fruitier and maybe a tad lighter over time, with notes of orange squash. Mouth: probably a little simpler than on the nose but pretty perfect at just 4 yo (or is it 5?), with a big personality and, quite amazingly, a ‘Springbankiness’ indeed, that translates into some very peculiar orangey notes (very different from the oranges that one may find in, say Dalmore). Oily, fat, gingery, waxy/soapy (again, not a repulsive soapiness at all, a soapiness that’s closer to almond milk or marzipan – yes I’ll have to find a better descriptor). What’s sure is that Kilkerran is a rather big distillate and that it’s clearly in the Springbank family. Finish: long, with more smoky grass now and a green bitterness that goes very well with the rest. Comments: this is a distillate that’s much to my liking and that won’t need any heavy woodwine treatment in my view (but who am I?) I can’t wait to be ten years older…
SGP:352 – 86 points.
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Kilkerran Work In Progress 2009 Glengyle Distillery	70 centiliter, Originalbuteljeringen, 46% Hemsida
Inköpt 2009-11-16 för SEK 515 = 7,35 kr/cl	Oöppnad
Mina kommentarer: Första officiella buteljeringen av Kilkerran (förutom Tasting Room varianterna).	Min poäng: 74 p
Tasting notes från whiskyfun:	Officiella tasting notes:
Kilkerran 'Work in Progress' (46%, OB, 2009) From Glengyle Distillery and not from Springbank unlike what I’ve read here and there – but indeed, Glengyle belongs to Springbank. According to some sources this one is 4 years old and according to other sources, it's 5 years old. Does that really matter? Colour: white wine (no heavy wood treatment, great!) Nose: dammit, this is superb! An exceptional clean and fresh yet fatty and oily spirit that smells very old Highlands in y opinion. Wax, lemon, wet rocks, linseed oil, motor oil, cut grass, whiffs of ‘clean wet dog’ (not just any street mongrel) and just hints of cider apples (faint sourness) plus a little vanilla from the oak. Gets fruitier and maybe a tad lighter over time, with notes of orange squash. Mouth: probably a little simpler than on the nose but pretty perfect at just 4 yo (or is it 5?), with a big personality and, quite amazingly, a ‘Springbankiness’ indeed, that translates into some very peculiar orangey notes (very different from the oranges that one may find in, say Dalmore). Oily, fat, gingery, waxy/soapy (again, not a repulsive soapiness at all, a soapiness that’s closer to almond milk or marzipan – yes I’ll have to find a better descriptor). What’s sure is that Kilkerran is a rather big distillate and that it’s clearly in the Springbank family. Finish: long, with more smoky grass now and a green bitterness that goes very well with the rest. Comments: this is a distillate that’s much to my liking and that won’t need any heavy woodwine treatment in my view (but who am I?) I can’t wait to be ten years older… SGP:352 – 86 points.	Inga