GOLD MEDAL WINNER IRISH WHISKEY AWARDS 2017: BLENDED IRISH WHISKEY OVER 60 EUROS CATEGORY.
JONNY MCCORMICK-WHISKY ADVOCATE MARCH 2018-90 POINTS
"CHAPEL GATE WHISKEY AIMS TO RESURRECT THE LOST ART OF THE IRISH WHISKEY BOND. THIS DELICIOUS DEBUT IS BUILT AROUND PARCELS OF AGED SINGLE MALT AND GRAIN SOURCED FROM COUNTY LOUTH. FRESH HAY, FLORAL BLOSSOMS, COMB HONEY, DRY SPICE, OAK, A CRATE OF WHOLE LEMONS, AND GROWING SPICES. LEMON SHERBET, CLEAN VANILLA, AND A PEPPERY GRUNT RESOLVE FLAVORS OF RICH BARLEY SUGAR AND A HOT PEPPER FINISH"90 POINTS
MARK gILISPIE-wHISKYcAST mARCH 2018-92 Points
"This blended Irish Whiskey from Chapel Gate Whiskey Company is a throwback to the days when whiskey bonders in Ireland acquired casks straight from the distilleries to create their own blends, and the real J.J. Corry was one of the best-known bonders of his day.
The nose is malty with notes of honeycomb, linseed oil, dried flowers, and muted spices. The taste is spicy with clove and black pepper, along with white peaches and touches of lemon-lime citrus that come out as the spices fade and a slight flintiness that develops in the background. The flintiness carries into the finish along with lingering spices and citrusy tartness.
MARTIN MORAN THE SUNDAY TIMES-92 POINTS
"A COMPLEX ARRAY OF FRUIT AND SPICE AROMAS WITH MALT HONEY AND CITRUS TO THE FORE PLUS A LONG SMOOTH FINISH"
@WHISKEYJASON: "PROBABLY THE BEST IRISH I HAVE HAD IN MY GLASS"