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Single Farm Origin Wilkinstown

Edition 1.1

Key Facts

EDITION1.1
HARVESTED6 September 2015
DISTILLEDWeek 46 2016
Maturation3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS, 2 DAYS
ABV50%
No. of Bottles5,000
For Market Netherlands
BottledFebruary 2021

Wilkinstown, Co. Wexford

Three miles west of Wexford town, near the mouth of the River Slaney, is the site of an ancient motte & bailey castle & graveyard. Here third-generation grower Ger Kelly farms on flat, estuarine land ameliorated by its maritime microclimate. The moisture retentive, clay-rich loam derived from Ordovician shale is the highly productive Clonroche series.

The Sound of Wilkinstown

A snowy Winter’s day at Wilkinstown. This track starts out on the hill above the farm where a woodland meets an open ploughed field. Traffic passes in the distance and, as the wind picks up it brings a heavy snow shower. Moving down the hill, we stop by a hedgerow as the last of the shower falls on the gorse and brambles. Further down we pass by a stream that splits the fields. As it heads south, there’s more shelter on offer, and the birds are busier as a tractor works in a field nearby. Leaving the stream behind we reach the yard at the bottom of the hill. Birds are flying in and around one of the open sheds. There’s cattle feeding across the yard. The snow melts off of the roof and drips down onto the ground by the door. No effects or external audio used, just the pure sounds captured on the day with the place and the weather dictating the flow of the track.

BARLEY TIMELINES

SOWN23 March 2015
HARVESTED6 September 2015
Arrived at Cathedral7 September 2015
Went to Maltings11 October 2016
Arrived at Distillery3 November 2016
Fermentation Started10 November 2016
Distillation Started15 November 2016
Distillation Finished22 November 2016
Filled at Warehouse28 November 2016
Marriage of Casks30 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 330 - 360 FEET
sunlight AVERAGE 6 - 6.5 hours

Growers

Grower
Farm
County
Type
Ger Kelly
Wilkinstown
Wexford
Conventional

BARLEY, YEAST & WATER

VARIETYTaberna
YeastMauri Distiller's Yeast
Production WaterVolcanic Aquifer
Fermentation121 Hours

Head Distiller's Observations

Appearance: Yellow gold with legs of lusciousness.

Nose: Brown sugar, coffee bean, liquorice, honey, malt, sage, worn leather, banoffee pie, dried flower, green vegetation, red apple, coconut, lavender and a dryness on the nose.

Taste: Clove, pear tartan, allspice, fennel, ginger biscuits, barley sugar, grapefruit, stewing apples, blackberries, homemade custard.

Finish: Long spice tingle that dries into warm sweetness.

cask no.
cask type
cask fill
cooperage
fill date
farm
7011
U.S. First Fill
197.08
Heaven Hill
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
7012
U.S. First Fill
197.91
Heaven Hill
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
7013
U.S. First Fill
198.88
Heaven Hill
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
7014
U.S. First Fill
201.44
Heaven Hill
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
5349
U.S. Virgin
196.91
Kelvin Cooperage
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
5350
U.S. Virgin
198.55
Kelvin Cooperage
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
5351
U.S. Virgin
202.23
Kelvin Cooperage
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
5937
French
223.8
Margaux
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
5938
French
229.94
Margaux
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
5939
French
222.57
Margaux
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
3300
Vin Doux Naturel
309.2
Maderes
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown
3301
Vin Doux Naturel
304.98
Maderes
28 November 2016
WilkinstownWilkinstown
3302
Vin Doux Naturel
304.27
Maderes
28 November 2016
Wilkinstown

Composition

FIRST FILL U.S.
25%
VIRGIN U.S.
20%
PREMIUM FRENCH
24%
VIN DOUX NATUREL
31%

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