The English – Red Wine Single Cask

ABV:   56.8 %

Price:  £75.25

Distillery – St George’s Distillery, Norfolk

Est: 2006 – First English distillery for 120 years

Source: The Breckland River

Local Norfolk barley  

Whisky batches by hand – no computers

Many other productions using variety of casks:

  • Virgin Oak, Smokey, Bourbon & Oloroso, Rum plus many ‘celebration’ editions

 

Whisky

Matured in a Portuguese Cabernet Sauvignon wine cask for 11 years (their oldest whisky)

Small batch - bottled at cask strength with an outturn of only 311 bottles.

 

Colour:

“Donald Trump – when he’s really overdone it!”

Nose:

Boiled sweets – think cough candies. Cinnamon, cloves and woody spices along with rich caramelised raisins.

Pomander, red grape, malty chocolate biscuits, rye and caraway

Palate:

Rich dark fruits. Very woody, and the boiled sweets come through on the palate. Notes of raisins and apricots are also present.       

Orange oil, raspberry and red apple. A good whack of nutmeg and five-spice follow on.

With water:

Soft smooth sweet pepper butter