Westland Cask Exploration Wine Cask Finish American Single Malt Whiskey Batch No. 1
- Grain to glass
- Core range
- Proof
- 92
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- MaltAmerican Single Malt Whiskey
- MSRP
- $74.99
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“Seattle single malt steeped in casks from Washington's red-wine country.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- allspice, reduced raspberry, chocolate wafer and dried rose petals
- palate
- raspberry pastry dipped in chocolate, dried strawberry and a tannic thread of Earl Grey tea
- finish
- spice builds and holds within the fruit, leaving cherry lozenge, chocolate and tea tannin, then settles into molasses and shortbread
Mash bill
- Malted barley100%
100% malted barley; Westland has not published the grain recipe for this batch. The distillery's house recipe for its single malt is a five-malt bill of Washington Select pale malt with Munich, Extra Special, pale chocolate and brown malts, and the later second batch of this whiskey was made from that recipe.
- Cask
- Washington red wine casks (Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petit Verdot, red blends) and Spanish Tempranillo casks
- Finish
- Red wine cask finish (Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petit Verdot, Washington red blends, Tempranillo)
- Best served
- alongside a fruit-and-nut dessert such as a cranberry walnut tartlet
Awards
- No. 20, Top 20 Whiskies — Whisky Advocate 2024
Why it's craft
This batch of Westland's Cask Exploration series takes the distillery's own single malt into casks from Washington wineries, among them Guardian Cellars and Force Majeure, with one Spanish Tempranillo cask type as the only outsider. Some of the whiskey spent its whole maturation in wine casks rather than a short finish. Westland was founded in Seattle in 2010 to make American single malt and mashes, ferments and distills its whiskey there; Rémy Cointreau has owned it since 2017.
Westland Distillery
Corporate-owned · Est. 2010 · Tours