For instance, trees two and six have enhanced toffee, coconut and chocolate, compared to the others. “It is amazing given that all seven trees were grown in the one forest area. Rich and bold no doubt, but elegant as well.
Nose: classic virgin oak notes, you often find in American whiskey as well: lots of coconut shreds, vanilla, nail remover, vanilla custard, toffee, nice oakiness and many a wood spice: pepper, ginger powder, allspice. “With the Knockrath, the differences in taste between trees are still subtle, but I think more marked than before.” O’Gorman says. Midleton Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest Tree 1, 56,6 310. Trees six and three are slightly lighter in colour from the rest. Even the colour is different tree number one and number five ended up a much darker mahogany shade than the others. “In our first two releases there were subtle differences between each tree, and likewise here, we found perceptible differences. Midleton Very Rare’s Dair Ghaelach is available for €310-€320 Two years later, master of maturation Kevin O’Gorman and master blender Billy Leighton decided they were ready for bottling. These were filled with a blend of 15- to 28-year-old Single Pot Still whiskey. The trees were shipped to Galicia in Spain to be sawn into staves, and then transported to a cooper in Jerez, where they were seasoned for 15 months and lightly toasted before being returned to Ireland.Ī total of 42 casks were made from seven trees.
The felling was licensed by the Irish Forest Service in compliance with their Best Forest Practice. This time the whiskey is matured in casks made from mature oak trees felled on the Knockrath estate in the Vale of Clara, Co Wicklow, owned by the Brabazon family. Remarkably long finish with fruit and spices fading to allow the Irish Oak have the final say.Midleton Very Rare recently released the third editions of Dair Ghaelach, its collection of whiskies aged in virgin Irish oak. Pot still spices are accentuated by the Irish oak contribution, adding waves of toasted wood with hints of vanilla and roasted coffee, layered over fresh fruit which evolves from orchard fruits to tropical notes.Ĭlassic pot still spices give a luscious texture to the fore, while the influence of the Irish oak adds a medley of sweet notes including chocolate and honeycomb. Sustainably managing oak woods in this way over the centuries has meant that Knockrath estate became one of the first sites where the iconic Great Spotted Woodpecker set up residence on its recent return to Ireland, following years in exile. In fact the Brabazon family have watched over the forests here since the sixteenth century, and continue to manage the trees from one season to to the next. Its provenance as individual as its fragrance, its journey from grain to glass as distinguished as its finish, this is a whiskey like no other.
This special whiskey is the true and unique flavour of Ireland. The native Irish oak has interacted with the maturing whiskey to impart a complex medley of fruits and delicate spices. This Single Pot Still Irish whiskey was matured initially in American Oak Bourbon barrels and finished in virgin native Irish Oak Hogshead casks grown on the Knockrath Estate. It takes us to the beautiful and ancient Vale of Clara, where the Knockrath estate lies hidden amidst the dramatic landscape of mountains and lakes. Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelach Knockrath Forest is the latest chapter of the Midleton Dair Ghaelach story. Midleton Very Rare Dair Ghaelach is a range of Single Pot Still Irish whiskeys from the Midleton Distillery meaning, quite simply, Irish Oak.
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