Wire Works Whisky Port Cask

Port Cask is a vatting of lightly-peated single malt whisky, aged in both fresh Tawny Port barriques, and first-fill ex-bourbon barrels. The result is a complex whisky with a rich full texture and a bold, vibrant fruit profile.

Country, Region: Derbyshire, UK
Vintage: 2021
ABV: 50.2%
£65.00 Single Bottle
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Cinder toffee, demerara sugar, strawberry laces on the nose, with flavours of vanilla fudge, milk chocolate, marzipan, and cherry pie filling on the palate. Nose: Bakewell pudding, milk chocolate, cinder toffee, burnt sugar, cinnamon buns, liquorice all sorts, cherry lozenges, toasted almond, candied ginger, strawberry jam. Palate: Marzipan, strawberries and cream, tinned peaches, lemon curd, vanilla fudge, spearmint, milk chocolate, orange zest and rhubarb. Finish: Cherry pie filling, coffee grounds, honey, bonfire toffee, hibiscus, Turkish delight, and eucalyptus.

White Peak Distillery is Derbyshire's first full-scale craft distillery, making award-winning Wire Works Whisky, Shining Cliff Gin and rum with a proud focus on unique Derbyshire provenance and heritage. Founded in 2016, we're still close to the beginning of our whisky journey. The first Wire Works Whisky was launched in February 2022 and been humbled by the response and excited for the future. Looking at every strand of the whisky making process in pursuit of flavour. To create Wire Works Whisky, they use local brewer's yeast, combined with an uncommonly long fermentation for a distinctive new make spirit with character before it goes into a cask. A small, dedicated team is at the heart of the Distillery. They craft whisky, gins and rum with care, and they mature, bottle and label them on site. Every member of the team is passionate about what they do - making spirits the proper way, with honesty and endeavour.

Port Cask is a vatting of lightly-peated single malt whisky, aged in both fresh Tawny Port barriques, and first-fill ex-bourbon barrels. The result is a complex whisky with a rich full texture and a bold, vibrant fruit profile.

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