Irish Distillers Launches Redbreast 27 Year Old
Irish Distillers has launched Redbreast 27 Year Old, a single pot still Irish whiskey that marries spirit matured in bourbon, sherry, and ruby port barrels from Portugal’s Douro Valley.
Bottled at a cask strength of 54.6% ABV, Master Blender Billy Leighton and Blender Dave McCabe describe Redbreast 27 Year Old as having aromas of “a mix of exotic fruits and red berries, complemented by fresh herbs and wood spices. Vanilla sweetness and treacle toffee combine with the nuttiness of toasted oak.” On the palate, it’s “Incredibly rich in texture with a luxurious combination of ripe stone fruits and summer berries, balanced by the prickle of a hint of chilli oil. Cherry menthol, vanilla, and cinnamon sweet spices complement red pepper, nutmeg, and toasted oak”, finishing with “A satisfyingly long balance of ripe fruit and wood spices, worthy of a journey of nearly three decades.”
Redbreast 27 Year Old joins the 12 Year Old, 12 Year Old Cask Strength, 15 Year Old, 21 Year Old, and Lustau as a permanent expression in the Redbreast core range and is available now at a suggested retail price of €495 (~$565).
Photo credit: Irish Distillers.
Source: irishdistillers.ie.
3 Comments
This is something I would really like to try.
It was released early in some parts of the US and I managed to get a bottle. It’s fantastic! I’ll write a proper review at some point, but my initial tasting notes included dark fruit, stone fruit, peach, blood orange, walnuts, orange and cream, mixed berries/berries and cream/berry parfait, vanilla, and oak.
I believe it was fantastic!
Tasting notes sound amazing.