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Single Farm Origin
Wilkinstown

Edition 1.1

Key Facts

EDITION 1.1
HARVESTED 6 September 2015
DISTILLED Week 46 2016
Maturation 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS, 2 DAYS
ABV 50%
No. of Bottles 5,000
For Market Netherlands
Bottled February 2021

Wilkinstown, Co. Wexford

Three miles west of Wexford town, near the mouth of the River Slaney, is the site of an ancient motte & bailey castle & graveyard. Here third-generation grower Ger Kelly farms on flat, estuarine land ameliorated by its maritime microclimate. The moisture retentive, clay-rich loam derived from Ordovician shale is the highly productive Clonroche series.

Barley Timeline

Product Timeline

SOWN 23 March 2015
HARVESTED 6 September 2015
Arrived at Cathedral 7 September 2015
Went to Maltings 11 October 2016
Arrived at Distillery 3 November 2016
Fermentation Started 10 November 2016
Distillation Started 15 November 2016
Distillation Finished 22 November 2016
Filled at Warehouse 28 November 2016
Marriage of Casks 30 October 2020
Sent for Bottling 14 February 2021

Head Distiller's Observations

Appearance: Yellow gold with legs of lusciousness.

Nose: Brown sugar, coffee bean, liquorice, honey, malt, sage, worn leather, banoffee pie, dried flower, green vegetation, red apple, coconut, lavender and a dryness on the nose.

Taste: Clove, pear tartan, allspice, fennel, ginger biscuits, barley sugar, grapefruit, stewing apples, blackberries, homemade custard.

Finish: Long spice tingle that dries into warm sweetness.

TERROIR

FIELDS

Grower Info

Grower
Farm
County
Type
Ger Kelly
Wilkinstown
Wexford
Conventional

Soil

Series Clonroche Association
Type Brown Earth
Description Fine, loamy drift with siliceous stones, Clonroche Association (Clonroche, Ballylanders, Kilrush, Dunboyne, Kilpierce, Moord, Cupidstownhill, Glantane, Duarrigle, Knockroe)
Elevation 330 – 360 FEET
Sunlight AVERAGE 6 – 6.5 hours
PDF Clonroche Association

Barley, Yeast & Water

VARIETY Taberna
Yeast Mauri Distiller’s Yeast
Production Water Volcanic Aquifer
Fermentation 121 Hours

The Sound of Wilkinstown

A snowy Winter’s day at Wilkinstown. This track starts out on the hill above the farm where a woodland meets an open ploughed field. Traffic passes in the distance and, as the wind picks up it brings a heavy snow shower. Moving down the hill, we stop by a hedgerow as the last of the shower falls on the gorse and brambles. Further down we pass by a stream that splits the fields. As it heads south, there’s more shelter on offer, and the birds are busier as a tractor works in a field nearby. Leaving the stream behind we reach the yard at the bottom of the hill. Birds are flying in and around one of the open sheds. There’s cattle feeding across the yard. The snow melts off of the roof and drips down onto the ground by the door. No effects or external audio used, just the pure sounds captured on the day with the place and the weather dictating the flow of the track.

Cask Composition

FIRST FILL U.S.
25%
VIRGIN U.S.
20%
PREMIUM FRENCH
24%
VIN DOUX NATUREL
31%

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