Tyrconnell 16 Year Oloroso & Moscatel
$134.99
From the Killbeggan Distilling Company, which is owned by Beam Suntory, comes this 16 Year old cask finished Tyrconnell. It was aged for 16 years in ex-Bourbon Barrells before being finished first in ex-Oloroso Sherry casks and then secondly in ex-Moscatel wine casks. Bottled at 46% ABV.
Green Spot Chateau Montelena
$91.99
The Green Spot Montelena Single Pot Still Irish whiskey has initially been matured in traditional sherry and bourbon casks, then finished for 12 months in French oak Zinfandel wine casks from the Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley, California.
91pts Whisky Advocate
"From Calistoga, California to County Cork, this zinfandel-finished whiskey has bramble, damson jam, red apple, and glacé cherry, with cake mix, flaked almonds, and a steel-tipped edge of spice. Red apple, lemon peel, pithy orange, and crunchy red apple, teasing spice, with just a suggestion of mint mingled into the dry, spicy finish. First Saint-Julien, then Napa; where will Green Spot take our taste buds next?"
Glendalough 13 Year Irish Single Malt
$106.99
Although most Irish whiskey today is blended, the first Irish whiskies were single malts. Even Pot Still whiskies only came about as a means to avoid paying taxes in the 1800s. This single malt, rumoured to have come from Cooley distillery has been matured in Ex-Bourbon casks and was bottled at 46%.
Midleton An Dair Blue Bell
$384.99
The Irishman 17 Year Single Malt
$144.99
This single cask of 17 year old Irish Whiskey was bottled by Walsh Distillers under their Irishman branding. The Single Malt Whiskey within was originally distilled in 2002 and aged entirely in one Sherry Butt. One of 600 bottles. 56% ABV.
West Cork Bog Oak Charred Cask
$57.99
West Cork Distillers was founded in 2003 with their modern distillery coming online in 2014. They produce mostly triple distilled Irish Whiskey, including this bottling from their Glengarriff Series. This Blog Oak Charred Cask edition was matured in ex-Sherry casks before being finished newly charred casks made from bog oak sourced from Glengarriff itself. 43%
Jack Ryan 10 Year Toomevara Single Malt
$149.99
One of 3,500 bottles from the first release of the "Generation Trilogy" released by the Jack Ryan Whiskey brand. intially matured in ex-Bourbon, it was finished in Calvados casks through a collaboration with Château du Breuil, before bottling at 46%.
Jack Ryan 11 Year Haddington Single Malt
$92.99
The 2nd release in Jack Ryan's "Generation Trilogy" is an 11 year old single malt, matured in ex-Bourbona and finished in Rum casks before bottling at 46%.
Jack Ryan 12 Year Finisher's Single Malt
$101.99
Matured in ex-Bourbon, this limited edition single malt bottled by Jack Ryan was finished in Madeira casks from Justino’s of Santa Cruz. Bottled at 46%, this is the 3rd release in "The Generation Trilogy."
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Clean orange sweets not cut by grass- lifted by it - and plenty of quirky wood sugars injected into citrus. An ode to orange in notes of bark. Orange honey, subtle saps, Old-fashioned hotel candy coexists with actual blood orange as well as marmalade, tannin, and a waxier leafiness drying back to citrus leaves. Flirts after water, between honeydew and honeysuckle with a glance back to citrus leaves.
Palate: On to the cousins. Clean clementine, clean tangerine, a little dark blood orange, that leaf and tanning counter-note now seamlessly engrained into the subtleties of the orange. With water, a pithier drop with more tanginess than sweetness and more crackle than wax.
Finish: The pendulum finally swings from the oranges to their trees and leaves. Not zesty or even spry so much as leafy and pale, but with a mouth-drying taste that makes the surviving sweet citrus linger long after the sip. Water adds a lingering tang at the price of those leaves.