Redbreast Launches 15 Year Old Cask Strength
Redbreast Irish Whiskey has announced the launch of Redbreast 15 Year Old Cask Strength, a limited edition release crafted to celebrate 20 years since Redbreast 15 Year Old was first introduced.
Originally released as a one-off bottling in 2005, Redbreast 15 Year Old was so well received that it was later added permanently to the Redbreast portfolio. Redbreast 15 Year Old Cask Strength is crafted from a marriage of 15 specially selected ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry-seasoned casks — a tribute to its 15 year age statement — and is bottled at its natural strength of 56.3% ABV. Interestingly, the release is marked with a batch stamp – Batch No. 1/25 – which could imply that Redbreast intends to release additional batches in the future if this is as well received as the original Redbreast 15 Year Old.
Official tasting notes for Redbreast 15 Year Old Cask Strength (Batch No. 1/25) follow:
Nose: Opens with sweet- scented aromas of dried fruits and toasted oak accompanied by crisp citrus and herbal undertones, all the while the pot still spices build to create a robust and vibrant character adding notes of clove spice and crushed black peppercorns.
Taste: Rich and intense with a medley of spice notes including cinnamon and nutmeg along with a mild prickle of chilli oil. Notes of fruit and oak impart luscious waves of red berry, toffee and vanilla flavours with the sherry seasoned casks contributing delicate tannins and a nuttiness that complement the herbal and spicy nature of this wonderfully complex whiskey.
Finish: Lasting finish which sees the fruits softly fade, allowing the oak and pot still spices to have the final say.
Redbreast 15 Year Old Cask Strength will be available exclusively via MidletonDistilleryCollection.com beginning Wednesday, June 11th at 12:00 pm for €130.
Source: Redbreast Irish Whiskey.
2 Comments
Are you going to try to get one? Not sure if they ship to US
I would love to get a bottle, but they don’t ship to the US.