This is the successor to the sold out 18 year old, this was distilled at the Cooley Distillery in 2002 and bottled by W.D. O'Connell Whiskey Merchants. It was initially matured for eighteen years in first fill bourbon barrels before being finished for twenty four months in Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks..
This ranks of one of the very best releases from W.D. O'Connell and is the top whiskey in their Family Reserve range. Made from some of founder Daithi O'Connell's favourite casks, this was initially aged in an ex-Bourbon barrel before a final maturation in a fine rum cask for 4 year and 5 month..