An eight-year-old Kilkerran single malt that has been matured exclusively in sherry casks before being bottled at cask strength. Aromas of maraschino cherries, vanilla fudge, toffee pudding and roasted coffee beans fill the nose, complemented by notes of plum, cherry, raspberries, cooking apples, lemon and dark chocolate throughout the palate, with a delicate layer of peat smoke peeping through.

Tasting notes

Nose: The peat aroma from the lightly peated barley is apparent from the off and some of the green apples which are becoming a feature of Kilkerran are also present. This whisky is like a favourite dessert, rhubarb crumble, stewed rhubarb, vanilla and all butter shortbread.

Palate: There’s an earthiness and saltiness, exactly what you want to taste in a Campbeltown dram. This is combined with icing sugar and puff candy which gives a sweetness to the whisky, along with milk chocolate and walnut flavours.

Finish: The peat remains, along with a sootiness, pencil shavings and a liquorice influenced maltiness.