Clonakilty 9 Year Old 2010 Single Grain Bordeaux Finish

The whiskies of Clonakilty, founded in 2016, are still quietly maturing. But in order to be able to pay the bills in the meantime, they also bought some whiskey that they finish and market themselves. This is a good example. This Clonakilty is a single grain that they finished on Bordeaux wine barrels before bottling it at cask strength. Only 180 bottles of this liquid have been filled.

The nose offers pleasant notes of popcorn and marzipan, red lace candy and candied citrus peels. Pleasantly sweet and inviting.

It is nice and full of flavor. Creamy and nicely seasoned. Again citrus fruit and red candy (strawberries and cherries), with a bitter edge of grapefruit. But the wine does not dominate and leaves the DNA of the grain whiskey nicely intact. Reminds me a lot of what Cooley conjured up from their stills at the time.

The finish is relatively short, sweet and satisfying.

I do like this. Cooley, I tell you. This is Greenore without a doubt!