Distiller Notes
Spice and fruit notes mingle with an underlying sweet nose. A sweet and fruity style of whiskey with prominent flavors of vanilla, butter and honey. Smooth soft and very easy going.
A wholly unique style within Irish Whiskey, pushing the boundaries of convention, at the intersect of where old meets new. Teeling Single Grain Irish Whiskey is crafted using an unconventional mash bill consisting of 95% corn and 5% malted barley that has been triple distilled and matured exclusively in French oak Ex-Cabernet Sauvignon red wine casks from California, producing a truly unique Irish Whiskey.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Fully matured in casks that previously held California Cabernet Sauvignon, look for concentrated vanilla and allspice on the nose and palate. Adding water unlocks brown butter and dried fig notes, leading to a long, spiced finish. Consider as a dessert pairing.
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Whisky Advocate
Soft berry fruits and roasted spices, draped in the wine flavors of the California Cabernet Sauvignon barrique. The flavors start softly, with rhubarb, apple, blackberry fruit, and Brazil nut before a spice steamroller rattles through, jettisoning licorice and star anise over cooked fruits. The reverberations of the spices continue through a dry finish. With the grain as a canvas, the wine’s colors work particularly well here.
The result of an historically prohibitive tax placed on malted barley by the English crown, Irish Whiskey is most often produced from a combination of un-malted barley and other grains. Whereas most other Whiskeys are twice distilled, Irish Whiskeys are distilled three times in a column still and must mature in oak barrels for a minimum of three years. These intricate production steps combine to make them lighter, smoother and more approachable than other styles.