Connemara 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. Connemara peated single malt revives one of the most ancient distilling traditions in Ireland, drying malting barley over peat fires. As the smoke rises through the malting barley it imparts a beautiful peaty flavour to the whiskey. Connemara allows you to unearth the authentic taste of Ireland. A light and fruity nose with a distinct smoke and peat aroma. Silky smooth and honey sweet start, malt and fruits giving way to the intensifying full bodied peat. Complex yet balanced with vanilla oak tones. The finish has golden honey notes followed by an extraordinary peat explosion spreading across the palate.

 
     

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