Irish Distillers has unveiled the third expression in its Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery collection – a 47-year-old whiskey. The first expression in the range, a 45-year-old single malt, was unveiled in February 2020. It was followed by a 46-year-old bottling last year.
Pernod Ricard’s Irish Distillers unit will launch one whiskey each year until 2025 as part of the Silent Distillery range, with each expression ranging in age from 45 to 50 years. The six-strong series is thought to be Ireland’s oldest whiskey collection.
Chapter Three in the collection is a 47-year-old single pot still Irish whiskey matured in two casks – ex-Sherry butt and ex-Bourbon barrel. The resulting liquid offers a nose of forest fruits, sugar-glazed cherries and muscovado sugar, while the palate brings hints of ‘dark roasted coffee and caramelised fruits with crushed pistachio and hazelnut’.
Master distiller Kevin O’Gorman said: “Crafted from a marriage of distillations left to mature over 47 years in a hand-selected Bourbon barrel and a Sherry butt, Midleton Very Rare Silent Distillery Chapter Three is a wonderfully aged yet contemporary expression of Irish whiskey like no other.”
There are just 97 bottles of the whiskey available, with each bottling presented in a decanter made by Waterford Crystal and a wooden cabinet.
