Another of Waterford’s early single farm origin releases, this being another one that’s a bit older than most of the ones I’ve had already and is a fourth farm source.
Minutia: Distilled on June 17-25, 2016 from Irina barley from Sheestown farm harvested August 18, 2015 - fermented with Mauri distiller’s yeast for 131.5 hours and matured in 1st fill and virgin American oak, French oak, and Vin Doux Naturel casks for 4 years and 9 days before bottling on September 28, 2020 producing 30,000 bottles. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Deep gold, 0.8.
Nose: Doughy, buttery cookie, something else. That something is kind of like honey.
Taste: Fruit like pear and bitter orange. Malty, spicy, doughy/creamy.
Finish: That same citrus with some malty/spicy honey. Medium.
Waterford’s distillery style is still there, but the fruit on this one is indeed different. Other times it’s been tropical and/or banana, but not here. This is the first have had from this variety of barley, as well as this farm, so I can’t say which contributed to that. This is a bit shy of the slightly older Ballymorgan 1.2, but having had 4 years in the cask, this is quite good and again indicative of how nice this will be once the distillery’s been operational long enough to bottle properly aged whisky.
Score: 85
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