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22nd September 2011 |
Redbreast
adds first cask strength expression to
its reputed range.
 Irish
Distillers Pernod Ricard is adding to
its collection of Single Pot Still
Whiskeys of Midleton this weekend at
Whisky Live Paris, with the launch of
Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength –
the portfolio’s first permanent cask
strength bottling. This latest addition
to the Redbreast range forms part of the
company’s ongoing commitment to promote
the provenance and quality of this
unique Irish whiskey style.
Produced at Midleton Distillery,
Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask Strength is
Redbreast in its natural full-flavoured
state – straight from the cask,
non-chill filtered and without the
addition of water. Bottled at 57.7% ABV,
this first batch will be available from
September 2011 in Ireland, France and
Germany and in the US from February next
year. There are no current plans to
launch Redbreast 12 Year Old Cask
Strength in the UK but I am sure it will
find its way to some of the whisky
specialist shops in the UK.
Brendan Buckley, Global Category
Development Director for Irish whiskey
at Irish Distillers, said: "Over the
years, we’ve had great encouragement
from whiskey enthusiasts and fans of the
renowned Redbreast range to launch a
cask strength expression, and we’re
delighted to be finally releasing this
incredible single pot still whiskey in
response. It comes during what has been
an exciting year for the range, having
recently undergone a packaging revamp to
freshen it up and reinforce its quality
cues. We are confident that this latest
development will be enthusiastically
received by Redbreast fans around the
world."
Barry Crockett, Master Distiller at
Midleton Distillery, added: "This is a
very special single pot still whiskey,
full of dried fruit flavours, with an
exceedingly long finish. It is the
perfect addition to the Redbreast range
– representing the expression in its
purest state. I’m confident that this
will become the whiskey that all whiskey
lovers will want to own and savour –
myself included!."
Redbreast represents a style of whiskey
that is unique to Ireland in general and
to Midleton Distillery in particular.
Single pot still whiskey is made from a
mash of malted and unmalted barley,
which is then distilled in traditional
copper pot stills. Redbreast 12 Year Old
Cask Strength, and all single pot still
whiskeys from Midleton, is triple
distilled.
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Redbreast Cask Strength Tasting Notes
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William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose: Lovely rich sherried notes,
the fruit just hits you, red apples,
raisins, coconut ice, sweet vanilla
fudge. Some fresh oak spice.
Taste:
Full bodied, layers of rich fruit and
spice, oatcake biscuits, dark chocolate,
delicious sweet vanilla and dry oak.
Finish:
A long finish. Slowly drying oak, fading
fruit and spice and a touch of vanilla
fudge hanging around right to the end.
Comment:
Wonderful sherry and spices, you just
want to pour yourself another. The
balance of rich fruit, spice and oak is
perfect. Interestingly adding a drop of
water doesn't turn it into a standard
Redbreast 12 (I tried), it keeps its big
rich sherried fruit, spice and vanilla
character, I guess this is to do with
the number of casks in the batch being
much smaller than the number going into
a standard Redbreast 12.
An absolute cracker, loved it!!!
SMW Score
96/100
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