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Primavera MICRO CUVÉE

HEADLINE FACTS

TITLEPrimavera
MATURATION1364 DAYS OR 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS & 25 DAYS
ASSEMBLAGE DATE15 DECEMBER 2021
BottledFebruary 2022
ABV50%
For MarketOnline
No. OF BOTTLES1,000

PRIMAVERA

Shaking off the heavy oppression of wintry gloom, the countryside begins to burgeon & blossom, bursting with the verdant vitality of hedgerows, boughs – & promise. The promise of rebirth & renewal in its lush explosion of viridescence. Head Distiller Ned, with Spring in his stride, captures this vibrancy in a sap-stirring symphony of Single Farmness.

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
Martin Foley
Hook Head
Wexford
Conventional
Ed Harpur
Bannow Island
Wexford
Conventional
Philip O'Brien
Sheestown
Kilkenny
Conventional
John Rowe
Hilltown
Wexford
Conventional

YEAST & WATER

FERMENTATION TIME141 hours
Production waterVolcanic Aquifer

BARLEY VARIETIES

Head Distiller's Observations

Appearance: Spring’s early morning sunrise with legs and oils that remind me of furrows in a field.

Nose: Fresh green foliage like ferns, dry fresh ploughed soil, lavender, mint leaf, lemon, orange & green apple skins, dry toast, basil, toffee sweets, Iris & crocus flowers, plums. It has a smell that reminds me of being in a field when lambs have been left out.

Taste:  Sesame seeds, ginger, pine nuts and almonds biscuits, buttery that reminds me of drinking cow’s milk from the tank, blistered Padrón peppers with rock salt, grapefruit.

Finish: Almond chocolate, green apple skin, floral notes, dryness, nougat, leaves a lingering zingy note.

cask no.
cask type
cask fill
cooperage
fill date
farm
Archive Storage
Hook Head 1.1 Assemblage
760
Various - 81 cask blend
10 November 2020
Hook Head
Archive Storage
Bannow Island 1.2 Assemblage
550
Various - 25 cask blend
15 April 2020
Bannow Island
Archive Storage
Sheestown 1.2 Assemblage
540
Various - 74 cask blend
16 July 2020
Sheestown
11338
Premium French
221.1
Chateau Lafite Rothschild
10 May 2018
Hilltown

Composition

FIRST FILL U.S
27%
VIRGIN U.S.
14%
PREMIUM FRENCH
43%
VIN DOUX NATUREL
16%

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