Another of Waterford’s early single farm origin releases, this one a bit older than the ones I’ve had already and the third farm source.
Minutia: Distilled on June 1-4, 2016 from Overture barley from Ballymorgan farm harvested September 13, 2015 - fermented with Mauri distiller’s yeast for 136 hours and matured in 1st fill and virgin American oak, French oak, and Vin Doux Naturel casks for 4 years, 1 month, and 2 days before bottling on September 28, 2020 producing 30,000 bottles. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Deep gold, 0.8.
Nose: Buttery cookie, banana, malt. Wants to be tropical fruit.
Taste: Banana, doughy/creamy, same tropical fruit hint, cinnamon, green apple.
Finish: Malty chocolate, thick coat. Medium.
From the four I’ve had, Waterford clearly has a distillery style. I’m enjoying them a bit more as they get a bit older, so I’m still looking forward to some properly aged expressions. The various farms, and to an extent editions, do indeed vary subtly and that’s kind of neat to taste. Again, looking forward to more of them, with a handful of samples of these early releases coming in the next couple weeks.
Score: 88
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