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14th October 2020 |
Waterford
Distillery, the barley-forward, terroir-driven
Irish distiller, has released Ireland’s
very first organic whisky in the modern
age.
 Waterford Distillery has released
Ireland’s first ever organic whisky in
the modern age, distilled in 2016 from
organic Irish barley grown by a small,
dedicated band of organic farmers the
single malt whisky is certified by the
Organic Trust.
The new Waterford Organic Gala 1.1 has
been matured in a combination of casks
fresh, super-premium (Waterford's words)
oak: 42% first-fill US oak, 17% virgin
US oak, 23% premium French oak and 18%
Vin Doux Naturel – sweet fortified wine
casks. The organic Irish single malt has
been bottled at 50% ABV without
colouring, chill-filtration or any
additives whatsoever – totally natural.
It forms part of Waterford’s Arcadian
Series, which celebrates radical growers
and alternative philosophies, including
heritage grains and unusual growing
methods.
Waterford Distillery Founder and CEO
Mark Reynier says: "It beggars belief
that much of the industry treats with
indifference the primary source of
single malt whisky’s extraordinary
flavour: barley. We have placed barley –
where and how it is grown – at the heart
of what we do, curious about where the
real whisky flavour may be found.
"A natural progression of this
philosophy is to see what not only
single farm origins can accomplish but
what organically grown barley can do
when it is given the right platform.
Compliance for organic status is not
straight forward by any means – there’ s
a shed load of hoops to jump through,
deep cleaning regimens, audits and
assessments to undergo. So, is it worth
it? We certainly think so, what we lose
in yield and hair pulling we gain in
purity and definition of flavour.
"We’re not playing at it; we lay down
400 to 600 casks of organic spirit a
year, we buy all the Irish grown organic
malting barley that can get our hands
on. Waterford Organic will be a main
player in our ongoing portfolio for the
discerning whisky drinker.”
I would love to tell you what to expect
in the bottle but Waterford has not
mentioned this in the the info they have
sent me but if you want to find
out for yourself the new young
Waterford Organic Gala 1.1 Irish single
malt is a release
of 24,000 bottles worldwide so plenty to
go around, 18,000 will be
released throughout Europe and Asia,
with a further 6,000 bottles in the USA,
you will have to dig deep in your
pockets for the young whisky, it will be
priced at approximately €80-86/£80 / US
$110 and you should find it available from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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