Glendalough 17 Year Old Mizunara FinishSingle Malt Irish WhiskeyBottled By Glendalough 70cl 46% Glendalough 17 year old is a mystery Irish single malt whiskey aged initially for fifteen years in first fill bourbon casks before being transferred into virgin Mizunara (Japanese oak) casks for a further two years of finishing. A prestige bottling in very smart packaging, this is a limited edition of just 652 bottles. At this age, there are only two Irish distilleries in the frame here, and

Box slightly crushed in bottom corner

as this bottling shows

released as part of the Rare Malts series

What's not to like

Whisky: 350ml/35cl

Single Blended Barbados RumBottled by Luca Garano & Richard Seale 70cl / 60%

we have the 10-year-old cask strength batch 1

Nose: A fruit-forward nose with raisins

Country Scotland Region Highland Distilled Year 1995 Bottling Year 2019 Age 23 Bottles Produced 607 Cask Type Hogshead Cask Numbers 11236 Bottle Size 70cl ABV 57

The whisky is a 27-year-old matured in a combination of Oloroso & Pedro Ximenez sherry casks

Just brilliant

Casks 508 and 512 were the oldest Longmorn single malts ever bottled at the time of release