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Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaleach Kylebeg Wood (Tree 7), 55.9%

Price: 340 Issue: Spring 2022 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Irish Single Pot Still


Steel yourself for a spicy encounter of cinnamon, cardamom, and seasoned oak spices, combining effortlessly with notes of walnut, vanilla, tropical fruits, blossom honey, and water biscuit. The flavors approach the cask-strength spicy summit with toffee, dried fruit, and apricot, followed by green melon, malted barley, and chocolate on the other side. Perfectly decent, but it occupies more familiar virgin oak territory than its contemporaries.