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Kilkerran Work in Progress

Overall rating
83.45/100
votes
161
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie
5th Release - Sherry
Bottled
2013
Casktype
Sherry Wood
Number of bottles
9000
Strength
46.0 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Label
Blue Label - Sherry Wood
Bottle code
13/200
Added on
13 Jun 2013 3:43 pm
UncoloredNon-chillfiltered
Kilkerran Work in Progress
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Average value

€ 108.97

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Whisky Reviews for Kilkerran Work in Progress

24 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 83.45 points

  1. hs305 scored this whisky 81 points Connoisseur

    [May, 2017]  I had this dram during a Kilkerran masterclass tasting at the Campbeltown whisky festival.  

    It has a not very active nose, rather shy on some sherry and malty aromas.  It arrives a little adstringent in the mouth (cold ashes).  The taste is all about sweet malty and sherry flavours in a nice balance.  Medium finish with slight bitter notes (tannins).
    • Nose
      81 81
    • Taste
      79 79
    • Finish
      80 80

  2. Robinzon25 scored this whisky 84 points Expert Senior

    Strong, pleasantly scalding, very "drinkable" malt. Sherry casks, almost always, are successfully combined with smoky spirits.
    • Nose
      Filled with peaty, peppery and marine echoes. Behind them are tart berry tones, old leather and tree resin.
    • Taste
      Salt, pepper, citrus sourness, smoked note, some tannins and chokeberry flavor.
    • Finish
      Medium duration, slightly oily, tart, smoky, salty, peppery, with a slight sweet berry influence and oak tones.

  3. stefsel111 scored this whisky 85 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      84 84
    • Taste
      86 86
    • Finish
      84 84

  4. davidloosli scored this whisky 84 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      Beautiful sherrynose, red apple, oranges, cacao powder, dark berries, a bit medicinal, a hint of marzipan
    • Taste
      Dirty, strawberries, cough drops (medicin), amarena, oranges, a little pepperyness
    • Finish
      Sweet-sour, not a lot of wood influence, mineraly, honey sweetness, rather short, orange candy (PEZ)

  5. AlexBonoGreen scored this whisky 81 points Member Senior

    This whisky, on the whole, is inferior to Release 5 WiP Bourbon 2013. You expect sherry from pressure and emotions, but here Oloroso is dry ... is it?
    • Nose
      The color is noticeably darker than bourbon, but still light, at first salted nuts, dry sour sherry, again a bit of medicine, sulfites, the same bandages with pills, a little iodine, foliage. For sherry derivatives, of course, is not enough. Yes, rubber harnesses. But after 30 minutes, it still opened, it smelled of dried figs, freshly sawed branches of fruit trees in the garden. And very pleased with exotic sweet shades.
    • Taste
      Spicy, herbal tinctures, rather hardened, knits a little, cardboard, apples, a little cinnamon.
    • Finish
      In the aftertaste is inferior to the same age of 9yo 2013 Bourbon, tannins, knitting wood of fruit trees, a little sweetness. Well, somehow quite simple.

  6. GJR scored this whisky 77 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      75 75
      Soft, slightly cautious sherry nose. Just as if it was a short finish. Lacks depth and strength.
    • Taste
      82 82
      Starts quietly, but then becomes rather dirty. Not specifically on sherry in a good way, but somewhat chemically. By difficult to describe the dirty character.
    • Finish
      75 75
      Heavily spicy finish. Burns and stimulates properly with a little burnt rubber and sulfur. Not super pleasant.

  7. lachaineduwhisky did not rate this whisky Expert Senior

    First mineral, evoking slate, quite direct, it then gives malt, farm peat and granny smith apples. Later, the barrel of bourbon takes the ascendant.Bien sweeter than the announcement nose (honey, vanilla ...), it has a beautiful texture, but remains nevertheless a little angular - sign of youth.Rather delicate and fruity, beautiful persistence on sweet spices.A good WIP, but not the best. Enthusiasm 3/5

  8. Rogier Engel scored this whisky 84 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      82 82
    • Taste
      85 85
    • Finish
      85 85

  9. Achany scored this whisky 85 points Connoisseur

    Soft influence of sherry, nuts, dark fruits, a little muddy, spices, a fine influence of oak. A well balanced dram, nice sherry but still malty. I found some bottles for a very reasonable price. Perfect
    • Nose
      84 84
    • Taste
      86 86
    • Finish
      85 85

  10. gerardsmike scored this whisky 82 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      83 83
    • Taste
      81 81
    • Finish
      83 83

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