Connemara 12 year old Peated Single Malt 40%

Wine information: Cooley Distillery is the only independently Irish-owned whiskey distillery in Ireland. It was founded in 1987 when John Teeling bought the former state-owned alcohol plant on the Cooley Peninsula and converted it into two distilleries - a pot still and a patent still operation. The company takes its name from the location of the distillery at the foothills of the Cooley Mountains in County Louth. Acquisitions included the assets of the old A.A. Watt Distillery in Co. Derry (established in 1762) and John Locke and Co. of Kilbeggan (established in 1757); the latter is the oldest licensed distillery in the world. The company now produces three styles of single malt whiskey, several blends, and a small batch single grain. Distillation continues to take place at the Cooley Distillery with the cooperage and ageing cellars in the John Locke’s Distillery in Kilbeggan. Connemara Peated Single Malt Irish whiskey is a tribute to this region, and to its grassroots culture. Its complex characters and peaty taste revive a tradition that in recent years has been forgotten by Irish distillers throughout the country. Connemara’s strength is the balance of peat with sweet malt and oak. Double distillation retains the flavours, which are in perfect balance with the phenol levels of 15 parts per million - far less than the 50 parts per million for most heavily peated whiskies. The newly released Connemara 12 Year Old is already causing a stir among whiskey connoisseurs worldwide after scooping a Gold Medal at the World Spirit Competition in San Francisco in March 2004. Light and fruity with a distinct smoky and peaty aroma. Silky smooth and honey sweet attack with malt and fruit giving way to full-bodied peat. Complex yet balanced with vanilla oak overtones. Golden honey followed by an extraordinary peat explosion across the mouth and palate.

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