Lambay Single Malt Finished in Cognac Casks

WhiskeyLive Dublin 2018 This single malt is a sourced spirit aged in bourbon casks and then finished in Camus cognac barrels. The finishing is done in a warehouse on the island and try as I might I could not detect the maritime waft that the rep tried to convince me was there. I did register apples, pears, and floral notes though. The taste was typical but tasty - vanilla, shortbread, and lightly fruity. Lambay island is a privately owned island 3 miles off the coast of County Dublin, passed down through generations of Barings barons (they of banking fame). It is known as a home for a vast amount of seabirds including a circus of puffins, which feature on the label. But it is also, more peculiarly, home to a mob of wild wallabies introduced in the 50s and added to by a donation of surplus wallabies from Dublin Zoo over 30 years ago.