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Lómhar Winter '22 MICRO CUVÉE

HEADLINE FACTS

TITLELómhar Winter '22
MATURATION1305 DAYS OR 3 YEARS, 6 MONTH, 28 DAYS
ASSEMBLAGE DATE4 AUGUST 2022
BottledSEPTEMBER 2022
ABV50%
For MarketDirect
No. OF BOTTLES1200

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.

THE GROWERS

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.

Growers

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
FERMENTATION TIME175 HOURS
Production waterVOLCANIC AQUIFIER

BARLEY VARIETIES

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.
 
cask no.
cask type
cask fill
cooperage
fill date
farm
8734
Vin Doux Naturel
312.37
Marsala
1 June 2017
Hilltown
19221
French Virgin
180
Tonnellerie Radoux
11 February 2019
Kilone
Archive Storage
Tinnashrule Assemblage
240.86
Various - 31 casks
15 October 2020
Tinnashrule
Archive Storage
Lacken Assemblage
241.73
Various - 33 casks
18 December 2020
Lacken
Archive Storage
Fenniscourt Assemblage (Peated)
56
Various - 36 casks
26 May 2022
Fenniscourt

Composition

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

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