Wolfburn Northland

Wolfburn Private Cask 2017/540

In February 2019 I tried this whisky before it could be named as such. The cask was filled in November 2017, to it would take at least until November 2020 before it was worthy of the name. Tom Haseldonckx, owner of this private cask #540, did not want to risk any Brexit entanglements and had it bottled and shipped before year’s end. So it is a...

Score 85/100

Wolfburn Ex-Bourbon Quarter Cask for The Nectar

When I visited the Spirits in the Sky festival last November, this bottle was on the table at Wolfburn. I could not find much more information than what the label says about this. It is an ex-bourbon quarter cask that was bottled at cask strength for The Nectar, Belgian importer of Wolfburn and also organizer of this great festival. Wolfburn's...

Score 87/100

Wolfburn 7 Year Old 2015 Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

Kudos to Belgian bottler Klubb23 who took the initiative to convince Wolfburn to release a bottling in favor of humanitarian actions for Ukraine. And although Wolfburn opened up the initiative further and bottled another 1550 bottles (with black capsule) for all markets, 112 bottles (with silver capsule) and separate label on the box were bottled...

Score 87/100

Wolfburn The Kylver Series No. 5

The Kylver Series releases are all named after the so-called Kylver Stone, a tombstone on Gotland from the 5th Century. This 5th expression, bottled in 2019, is a vatting of first fill bourbon and PX sherry casks. The nose offers primarily white fruit and lemon, but also some oak. Pears, apples, vanilla and cherry pastry come to mind. Fresh and...

Score 85/100