WATERFORD - Peated Fenniscourt - 50%
The Waterford Distillery is located in the city of Waterford, Ireland . The project was initiated by Mark Reynier , the man behind the revival of Islay Bruichladdich Single Malt Whisky, inspired by the world's greatest winemakers. The distillery is a facility originally built by Diageo in 2004 and converted to a distillery in 2015. The production of terroir whiskeys gives importance to where the barley comes from, where and how it is grown. Mark Reynier works with 86 Irish farms growing barley on 19 different soils , including organic and biodynamic barley. With a highly elaborate digital logistics system, each farmer's harvest is harvested, stored, malted and distilled separately.
Fenniscourt 1.1 is made from barley from Ger Byrne , grown on his farm named Fenniscourt. The barley was harvested on August 10, 2017 and then distilled between September 10 and 17, 2018. The peat comes from Ballyteague in Kildare. Maturation lasted 3 years, 8 months and 5 days. The whiskey matures in a combination of 33% first fill American oak barrels from Jack Daniels and Buffalo Trace, 29% natural sweet wine barrels from Sauternes and Sherry Oloroso, 20% French oak barrels that have previously contained wine Château Latour and Lafite Rothschild and 18% Virgin American oak barrels from Kelvin Cooperage . 11,898 bottles were produced.
Peaty (38 ppm)
More information is available on the Waterford website in the "Téireoir" section with the code on the back of the bottle.