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Dunmore

Key Facts

EDITION1.1
HARVESTED17 AUGUST 2015
DISTILLEDWEEK 27 2016
Maturation 3 years 11 months 17 days
ABV50%
No. of Bottles13,000
For Market U.S.A.
BottledAugust 2020

DUNMORE, CO. LAOIS

At the top of John Tynan’s barley fields, within a striking circular copse of trees, is the early medieval fort that lends the townland its name – An Dún Mór, the big fort – a reminder of turbulent times of lore. Nestled between the Slieve Bloom Mountains & the Castlecomer Plateau of County Laois is this westerly-facing, lowland terroir, of limestone-derived loamy drift that harbours a compact gravelly tilth.

Prior to 1756, Dunmore was home to Edward Maurice, Bishop of Ossory, who died at the house that year.  In 1756, house, demesne and estate passed to Sir Robert Staples, 7th Bt., a connection-by-marriage and ward of the bishop. He descended from Thomas Staples of Bristol, who came to Ulster circa 1610 as part of the plantation, prospered as an iron smelter in County Tyrone and was created a baronet by Charles I in 1628. 

Upon the death of Sir Robert Staples, 8th Bt, in 1833, Dunmore passed to Edmund Staples, his illegitimate son. The three storey gable ended house was felled in the late 20th century. The children’s author CS Lewis was a relative of the Staples family.

John Tynan’s farm backs onto Dunmore Wood, which backs onto Moyne Estate. Moyne House became the Hamilton family home in the early part of the 19th century, when Robert Hamilton-Stubber moved there from Kilkenny. The Hamilton family, who still reside there, descend from Hugh Hamilton who settled near Bangor, Co. Down under James I and was made a denizen or citizen of Ireland in 1616.

‘In 1844, 3 ewes, the property of Edmund Staples, Esq., Dunmore, yeaned the extraordinary number of ten lambs, all alive and well.’ Just to show that Edmund Staples was more than ready for any poacher or trespasser who invaded Dunmore, the Dublin Monitor recorded his arsenal in the 1840s as consisting of ‘3 double barrelled guns, 6 muskets and sword-bayonets, 6 carbines, 7 bayonets, 1 duck-gun, 3 blunderbusses, 5 double pistols and 18 single pistols.’

Growers

Grower
Farm
County
Type
John Tynan
Dunmore
Laois
Conventional

The Sound of Dunmore

This track starts out at the River Nore. From here we move up through the woods that run along its banks; the place is busy with birdsong, and the sounds from nearby farms. We eventually reach last year’s barley fields, which have just been ploughed, before going further – into the old ring fort at the centre of the field. This is a little wooded area now, so we can hear the wind through a branch of an ash tree.

BARLEY TIMELINES

SOWN18 March 2015
HARVESTED17 August 2015
Arrived at Cathedral18 August 2015
Went to Maltings2 June 2016
Arrived at Distillery22 June 2016
Fermentation Started30 June 2016
Distillation Started5 July 2016
Distillation Finished11 July 2016
Filled at Warehouse15 July 2016
Marriage of Casks1 July 2020
Sent for Bottling24 August 2020

TERROIR

FIELDS
SOIL
series Elton Association
type LUVISOL
description FINE LOAMY DRIFT, ELTON ASSOCIATION SOIL (ELTON, KELLISTOWN, MYLERSTOWN, BALLYLUSKY,NEWINN, CLOONMORE, NEWTOWN AND GREENANE)
elevation 270-315 FEET
sunlight AVERAGE 5-5.5 hours

BARLEY, YEAST & WATER

VARIETYIRINA
YeastMauri Distiller's Yeast
Production WaterVolcanic Aquifer
Fermentation156 hours

TERROIR

Head Distiller's Observations

Appearance: deep gold with oils that remind me of the rolling hills of the Comeragh mountains on the glass.

Nose: malty, raisins, orange chocolate, black peppercorns, citrus fruits, red currants; like eating a light cinnamon porridge, while sitting in a worn leather chair.

Taste: spice rack bomb, green apple, marzipan, lemon sherbet, liquorice, grapefruit, dark chilly chocolate, popping candy.

Finish: warm clove that tingles on your tongue and then becomes mouth-watering.

cask no.
cask type
cask fill
cooperage
fill date
farm
4345
U.S. First-Fill
196.04 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4346
U.S. First-Fill
204.96 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4347
U.S. First-Fill
200.97 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4348
U.S. First-Fill
199.85 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4349
U.S. First-Fill
196.93 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4350
U.S. First-Fill
200.64 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4339
U.S. First-Fill
233.1 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4340
U.S. First-Fill
164.92 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4341
U.S. First-Fill
195.98 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4342
U.S. First-Fill
197.71 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4343
U.S. First-Fill
195.51 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4343
U.S. First-Fill
198.57 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4294
U.S. First-Fill
200.97 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
4295
U.S. First-Fill
196.85 litres
Heaven Hill Distillery
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
2750
U.S. Virgin
201.92 litres
Speyside Cooperage, KY
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
2751
U.S. Virgin
204.23 litres
Speyside Cooperage, KY
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
2752
U.S. Virgin
202.14 litres
Speyside Cooperage, KY
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3512
U.S. Virgin
203.09 litres
Kelvin Cooperage
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3513
U.S. Virgin
202.13 litres
Kelvin Cooperage
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3514
U.S. Virgin
202.39 litres
Kelvin Cooperage
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3527
U.S. Virgin
203.36 litres
Kelvin Cooperage
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3528
U.S. Virgin
200.44 litres
Kelvin Cooperage
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
683
Premium French
237.54 litres
Tonnellerie Baron
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
685
Premium French
231.44 litres
Saury
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
690
Premium French
237.38 litres
Tonnellerie Baron
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3011
Premium French
228.59 litres
Tonnellerie des Domaines De CHATEAU LAFITE
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3012
Premium French
221.36 litres
Tonnellerie des Domaines De CHATEAU LAFITE
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3013
Premium French
224.76 litres
Tonnellerie des Domaines De CHATEAU LAFITE
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3014
Premium French
220.38 litres
Tonnellerie des Domaines De CHATEAU LAFITE
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3015
Premium French
227.35 litres
Tonnellerie des Domaines De CHATEAU LAFITE
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
3016
Premium French
229.29 litres
Tonnellerie des Domaines De CHATEAU LAFITE
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
2642
Vin Doux Naturel
513.31 litres
Sherry
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
2643
Vin Doux Naturel
506.7 litres
Sherry
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
2644
Vin Doux Naturel
510.94 litres
Sherry
15 July 2016
DUNMORE
2647
Vin Doux Naturel
515.07 litres
Sherry
15 July 2016
DUNMORE

Composition

FIRST FILL U.S
33%
VIRGIN U.S.
18%
PREMIUM FRENCH
25%
VIN DOUX NATUREL
24%

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