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Tinnashrule

Key Facts

EDITION1.1
HARVESTED19 August 2015
DISTILLEDWeek 03 2017
Maturation3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS, 14 DAYS
ABV50%
No. of Bottles12,000
For Market Germany
BottledFebruary 2021

Tinnashrule, Co. Wexford

John Crowley farms at Tinnashrule – The Hollytree Crossroads – in the rain shadow of the Blackstairs Mountains, north of Enniscorthy. Here the rolling lowland barley fields lie in the lee of ash & larch woods, benefiting from well-drained loam & clay loam of the famously productive Clonroche series, on glacial drift derived from Ordovician shale & granite.

Growers

Grower
Farm
County
Type
John Crowley
Tinnashrule
Wexford
Conventional

The Sound of Tinnashrule

A warm and windy summer day at Tinnashrule. The track starts out in the woods on the western edge of the farm, where the wind blows through the tall, thin trees, their branches knocking one another. There’s a stream further into the woods. We stop here for a while before heading up the hill and into the wild bird cover by the yard. It’s busy with birds, bees and the local buzzards can be heard off in the distance. We head on up the hill and out into the fields where the wind meets the barley. Dark clouds pull over the fields. It starts raining as we move down to the bottom of the field towards the western-most corner – where the woods and the stream skirt along the edge of the farm.

BARLEY TIMELINES

SOWN9 April 2015
HARVESTED19 August 2015
Arrived at Cathedral20 August 2015
Went to Maltings17 November 2016
Arrived at Distillery7 December 2016
Fermentation Started14 January 2017
Distillation Started19 January 2017
Distillation Finished27 January 2017
Filled at Warehouse31 January 2017
Marriage of Casks15 October 2020
Sent for Bottling14 February 2021

TERROIR

FIELDS
SOIL
series Clonroche Association
type Brown Earth
pdf Clonroche Association
description Fine, loamy drift with siliceous stones, Clonroche Association (Clonroche, Ballylanders, Kilrush, Dunboyne, Kilpierce, Moord, Cupidstownhill, Glantane, Duarrigle, Knockroe)
elevation 240 - 360 FEET
sunlight AVERAGE 6 - 6.5 HOURS

BARLEY, YEAST & WATER

VARIETYSebastian
YeastMauri Distiller's Yeast
Production WaterVolcanic Aquifer
Fermentation152 Hours

TERROIR

Head Distiller's Observations

Appearance: Light gold with oils.

Nose: Sweet honeycomb, plums, rolled barley, mint, dark chocolate, orange zest, leather, rose water, aniseed, pear drops and has a warmth on the nose.

Taste: Cloves, white pepper, dark creamy chocolate, fresh bread, grapefruit, dry but chewy, late spice explosion with a wasabi hit, orange syrup, root vegetables.

Finish: Long, dry spiciness, which is also chewy.

cask no.
cask type
cask fill
cooperage
fill date
farm
7680
U.S. First Fill
200
Jim Beam
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7681
U.S. First Fill
197.55
Jim Beam
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7682
U.S. First Fill
201.16
Jim Beam
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7683
U.S. First Fill
197.21
Jim Beam
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7684
U.S. First Fill
196.84
Jim Beam
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7685
U.S. First Fill
195.55
Jim Beam
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7698
U.S. First Fill
196.86
Heaven Hill 
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7699
U.S. First Fill
197.32
Heaven Hill 
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7700
U.S. First Fill
197.98
Heaven Hill 
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7701
U.S. First Fill
200.68
Heaven Hill 
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7702
U.S. First Fill
199.6
Heaven Hill 
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
7703
U.S. First Fill
198.51
Heaven Hill 
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5409
U.S. Virgin
198.19
Kelvin Cooperage
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5410
U.S. Virgin
197.34
Kelvin Cooperage
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5411
U.S. Virgin
197.05
Kelvin Cooperage
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5412
U.S. Virgin
197.25
Kelvin Cooperage
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5413
U.S. Virgin
196.32
Kelvin Cooperage
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5414
U.S. Virgin
199.54
Kelvin Cooperage
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5445
U.S. Virgin
198.49
Kelvin Cooperage
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
4634
French
226.01
Margaux
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5962
French
225.63
Margaux
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5963
French
230.83
Margaux
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5964
French
224.17
Margaux
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5965
French
224.64
Margaux
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5777
Vin Doux Naturel
223.93
Sauternes
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5778
Vin Doux Naturel
229.14
Sauternes
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5779
Vin Doux Naturel
224.97
Sauternes
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5780
Vin Doux Naturel
232.2
Sauternes
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
5781
Vin Doux Naturel
216.8
Sauternes
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
2950
Vin Doux Naturel
498.92
Sherry
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE
2951
Vin Doux Naturel
517.87
Sherry
31 January 2017
TINNASHRULE

Composition

FIRST FILL U.S.
46%
VIRGIN U.S.
22%
PREMIUM FRENCH
15%
VIN DOUX NATUREL
17%

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