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Lómhar Winter '22

MICRO CUVÉE

Key Facts

TITLE Lómhar Winter ’22
MATURATION 1305 DAYS OR 3 YEARS, 6 MONTH, 28 DAYS
ASSEMBLAGE DATE 4 AUGUST 2022
Bottled SEPTEMBER 2022
ABV 50%
For Market Direct
No. OF BOTTLES 1200

The land is bleakest in the depths of midwinter. When the night is long & enduring – with banshee winds wailing, storms shaking the window – it is a time to batten down the hatches. A lost word evoking the warmth & intimacy of an enveloping woolspun blanket, in front of a cottage fireside, Lómhar – sounds like ‘lover’ – is perhaps what hygge is to the Danes. We have conjured the mood of Lómhar in this soulful spirt: our assemblage composed for hibernation; a winter hymn of hope & renewal; a dark & spicy cuvée to warm the bones in the icy twilight.

Head Distiller's Observations

Appearance: Like a low winter’s sun on a crisp snowy morning with legs that are unctuous and gently move down the glass.
 
Nose: Rolled barley, brown banana, milk chocolate, smokey, clove spice, leather, demerara sugar, fruit crumble, mushrooms, plums, sweet apricot.
 
Taste: Aniseed, mixed herbs, dry smoke, rhubarb tart, black peppercorns, grapefruit, vanilla, light spice rub, tamarind, lemon sherbet, earthy.
 
Finish: Dry smokiness with a licorice spice.
 

Grower Info

Grower
Farm
County
Type
John Crowley
Tinnashrule
Wexford
Conventional
Francis Kehoe
Lacken
Wexford
Conventional
Ger Byrne
Fenniscourt
Carlow
Conventional
John Rowe
Hilltown
Wexford
Conventional
Pat & Dennis Booth
Killone
Laois
Organic

Barley, Yeast & Water

FERMENTATION TIME 175 HOURS
Production water VOLCANIC AQUIFIER

A Micro Cuvée Explainer

The spirit of a Micro Cuvée is intended to be fun and frivolous. We managed to smuggle a bottle of Pique-Nique – last summer’s very limited Micro Cuvée – to our founder and CEO Mark Reynier, whilst he was at home on Islay. Here he explains the mood of a Micro Cuvée: what these little bottlings are all about.

Cask Composition

FIRST FILL U.S
19%
VIRGIN U.S
13%
PREMIUM FRENCH
21%
VIN DOUX NATUREL
47%

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