Tasting notes by Ruben Luyten (WhiskyNotes.be) Score: 86/100

Nose: red fruits, including glazed cherry and candy apples, rum & raisins and a little cocoa. Then nutmeg and cardamom come out, as well as pine honey, brown sugar, toffee and hints of gingerbread. Roasted hazelnuts and a grassy edge too.

Mouth: more raisin sweetness, cherries in brandy, walnuts and chestnuts. Some brown sugar and nutmeg. Chilli heat. Then dark chocolate and lightly charred notes. Some greener, herbal touches towards the end. A drop of water makes it more creamy and brings out butterscotch.

Finish: long, on dark chocolate, cold coffee and burnt caramel, leaving a bitter footprint in the very end.

Once more, a nice result. The typical Teeling fruitiness is not very noticeable here, but the sherry is balanced. Spicy wood seems to be a common thread in both bottlings. Exclusive to Passion for Whisky.

Official Tasting Notes:

"Our Master Distiller Alex Chasko is renowned for his innovative cask selection when it comes to Irish Whiskey, creating expressions of true character. This single cask was hand selected by our good friends from PassionForWhisky.com and Teeling Whiskey are honoured to bottle this rare and unique cask for the Netherlands. The single malt whiskey has spent 13 years maturing in an ex-PX Sherry cask from the acclaimed Xímenez-Spínola bodega, before being decanted from cask number 29639. Limited to just 276 bottles, non-chill filtered and bottled at 57.8% ABV, this is truly an Irish Whiskey to savour."

Hand selected by Passion for Whisky

Cask number: 29639

Cask type: Sherry XS-PX

Original fill date: 11-11-2008

Refill date: 24-08-2017

Nose: Apples, roasted nuts, red fruits & rum raisin

Taste: Dark Chocolate, dried fruits & stewed pears

Finish: A long dry finish with burnt sugar