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6th December 2023 |
Just in time
for Christmas, White Peak distillery in
Derbyshire, England release their first
expression fully matured in Port casks,
Wire Works Full Port.
 Derbyshire's White Peak Distillery has
unveiled a new addition to their coveted
Wire Works collection just in time for
Christmas: the Wire Works Full Port.
Crafted in limited quantities, this
release has been matured solely in Tawny
Port casks, resulting in they tell me, a
sumptuous flavour profile featuring
notes of rich marzipan, chocolate, and
cinder toffee – which should make an
ideal present for whisky aficionados
this holiday season.
Marking a milestone for White Peak, the
Wire Works Full Port represents their
inaugural whisky entirely matured in
Port casks, boasting a bold 52.4% ABV
bottling strength with a mere 2,000
bottles available.
This expression was carefully selected
to enhance the subtly peated Wire Works
spirit, the choice of Port casks stems
from a commitment to quality, heritage,
and taste at White Peak. White Peak
founders Max & Claire Vaughan have
nurtured a longstanding collaboration
with Sandra Dias and her team at a
revered cooperage near Porto, Portugal.
Dias Cooperage, a fourth-generation,
family-run establishment, employs
traditional methods to craft premium oak
casks, favoured by White Peak for all
their wine cask selections.
Claire said: "We wanted to create a
whisky that celebrates a twist on our
provenance, heritage and flavour. We
have visited the cooperage where we
sourced our port casks from on numerous
occasions and greatly admire the
intimate style of the business, the
highly-skilled small team and the
traditional techniques used that are
passed down through the generations of
the same family. All these factors
ensure that we are using casks of an
exceptionally high quality, which lead
to a complex maturation of our whisky,
adding further layers of complexity to
the final spirit."
Max said: "With Wire Works Full Port we
were looking to maintain the house style
but with an explorative, complimentary
new twist on what people might have
previously tasted. On the nose, there’s
lots of cinder toffee and burnt sugar,
with marzipan, vanilla fudge and dark
chocolate coming through on the palate,
and a bonfire toffee and hibiscus
finish. Our Wire Works house style is
ever present, but with some of the
signature rich sweet notes amplified
through the port wood influence."
Wire Works Full Port has a RRP of £67
and is now available via the
distillery and from specialist online whisky
shops such as
The Whisky Exchange
and
Master of Malt
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White Peak Wire Works Full Port Review
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Bottled at 52.4% ABV.
Producer's
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Bakewell
pudding, milk chocolate, cinder toffee,
burnt sugar, cinnamon buns, liquorice
all sorts, cherry lozenges, toasted
almond, candied ginger, strawberry jam.
Taste: Marzipan,
strawberries and cream, tinned peaches,
lemon curd, vanilla fudge, spearmint,
dark chocolate, grapefruit zest and iced
buns.
Finish: Cherry
pie filling, bonfire toffee, hibiscus,
biltong, and eucalyptus.
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