Waterford Whisky simply launched a brand new core vary of Cuvée Ideas to the U.S. These releases mark an vital evolution in Waterford Whisky’s mission to create a number of the most flavorsome single malt whiskies, the corporate states.
“The pure development of our distinctive terroir mission was to comply with within the footsteps of the legendary Grand Vins of Bordeaux or the Grande Marques of Champagne, and that’s to create our flagship cuvées,” says Founder and CEO, Mark Reynier, in a information launch. “Our new artistic Cuvée Ideas, the place we layer collectively uniquely flavorsome Single Farm Origins, assist us to nice our most advanced, expressive, and profound whiskies.”
A Trio of Cuvée Ideas
Waterford Whisky’s trio of Cuvées will type the idea of its new core vary. Every of those brings a brand new dynamic to the distillery’s trademark barley-forward profile, with aromas that transport you into an artisanal bakery, the corporate states. This presents the model as a tryptic: Waterford Whisky, Natural Waterford Whisky and Peated Waterford Whisky.
- The Waterford Cuvée is Waterford Whisky’s flagship whisky. On the nostril, this whisky presents hints of white pepper, lemon zest, natural and candy sweet aromas like cola cubes and sherbert powder. Every style is a mix of aniseed, spices, tobacco leaf and the sweetness of summer season fruits, with a contact of strawberry pavlova and Ritz cracker. The end is lengthy and dry, forsaking a long-lasting impression of dried fruit and spices, in line with the distillery. MRSP: $89.99 per 750-ml. bottle.
- Cuvée Gaia is the distillery’s Natural Cuvée, bringing collectively Eire’s solely natural malting barley growers throughout a number of vintages to supply the deepest and most advanced natural whisky. This whisky has notes of heather honey, malted barley, darkish berries, aromas of pine forest freshness, outdated leather-based, hessian and nutmeg, in addition to a fruity contact of blackberry compote, the distillery states. MSRP: $89.99 per 750-ml. bottle.
- Cuvée Fumo is a Peated Cuvée created from 4 Peated Single Farm Origins, every of which makes use of solely Irish peat and solely Irish barley for the primary time in generations. This whisky has a contemporary peaty aroma with coastal aromas and a contact of sweetness. It reveals a full-bodied, oily character with smoky and campfire notes on the palate, in line with the distillery. MSRP: $99.99 per 750-ml. bottle.
Releasing this month, all of those Cuvées are bottled at 50% ABV and, in step with the distillery’s dedication to authenticity and pure taste, are free from synthetic coloring and chill-filtration.
