After much teasing across social media over the last couple of weeks, Sonny Molloy’s Irish Whiskey Bar has just released their Redbreast 19-Year-Old Oloroso Sherry Single Cask. An exclusive bottling for the award-winning bar located on High Street in Galway City from Redbreast - Irish Distillers, only 486 bottles of the triple distilled single pot still whiskey was bottled from the cask.
This 19-year-old expression was aged in a 500 litre Spanish Oak Oloroso seasoned Sherry cask (number #33015). This is one of the final ever releases of a Redbreast single cask and the second to have been bottled for Sonny Molloy’s. With less than 500 bottles this limited editions is bound to become another sought after – though pricey, collector’s edition. (Bottle price from the bar is €595).
Hand selected by Master Blender Billy Leighton and laid down to mature in the Midleton Distillery, this cask represents a unique and singular nuanced expression of Redbreast with the Oloroso Sherry Single cask a joy to behold.
The first Redbreast x Sonny Molloy’s bottling in 2018 was a Redbreast 16-Year-Old Single Cask whiskey. Indeed, this bottling was the first partnership between Redbreast and a bar. This first expression is now sold out.
The Sonny Molloy’s Redbreast 19-Year-Old Oloroso Sherry Single Cask is now available to purchase both by the bottle or by the dram in the High Street bar. It will also pop up online from next week on Sonny Molloy's own website.
Tasting Notes from Sonny Molloy’s:
Nose:
Begins with rich notes of walnut and hazelnut intertwined with dark berry fruits, black treacle and sultanas. The oloroso seasoning continues to impart additional dried fruits and balsamic sweetness while the toasted oak evolves with aromas of confectionary baked goods and sweet vanilla.
Taste:
Soft tannic structure with dry notes of cocoa powder and ground almond at first, closely followed by waves of sweet, sugar glazed cherries and golden raisins. The delicate pot still spices work in harmony with the rich and flavoursome sherry seasoned oak.
Finish:
Captivating finish where the dried fruits and soft spices gently fade allowing the oak to have the last word.
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