Writers’ Tears Inniskillin Ice Wine Cask Finish Irish Whiskey

This 23rd expression from Walsh Whiskey founders, Bernard & Rosemary Walsh, is the latest innovation in their quest to produce the perfect taoscán [tay-scawn]/drop of whiskey. This time their journey took them to Canada’s prime wine region, when Bernard & Rosemary visited the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario, in January 2020. There they worked with Inniskillin Winery and its then Head Winemaker, Bruce Nicholson (now retired), touring the vineyard and sampling fermenting wines before selecting 12 hogshead casks originally coopered by the Berthomieu Cooperage (estd. 1906) in France.

The whiskey’s nose delivers peach & apricot over a unique Pot Still spice. In the mouth it offers floral and nutty oak, with a fruity finish.

Tasting notes:

Nose – Peach & apricot over a unique Pot Still spice.

Taste – Floral blossom & nutty oak.

Finish – A fruit compote of mango & lychee.