Redbreast 15 yo

 

 

 

46°

Distillery : Midleton - Ireland

1st Fill Bourbon and Oloroso Sherry Barrels

Original Bottling

Core Range 

Single Pot Still

Launched in 2005 

Unchillfiltered

Totally Unpeated

This 15-year-old was originally produced as a limited edition to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of La Maison du Whisky in Paris. The huge success that followed led Irish Distillers Ltd to include it in the regular Redbreast range. Single Pot Still, distilled three times, as is the custom, it is aged for 15 to 19 years in Bourbon and Oloroso Sherry casks.

Let's Taste It : 

Honey, cereals, gingerbread, rum baba. Mellow, round, almost spongy. Ripe fruits, pear, peach, but soon the sherry rises. Quite woody, more fig and leather than red fruits. Salted butterscotch. Hazelnut, olive oil. On the palate, it's creamy, milky, delicately flavoured with vanilla, with a very cereal-like base, in other words, Irish. Then damsons, blackcurrants, a few spices, paprika, pepper and turmeric, ginger, quinces, fermented grapes. Quite a long finish, biscuit, more cereals, dry earth, saffron, soft caramel.

 

In Short, 

At 46° and aged in both Bourbon and Sherry, I found it very balanced, varied and more intense than the 12yo. It's a worthwhile purchase for enthusiasts, even if the value for money is a little short.

Score : 86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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