Boann – Single Pot Still Madeira Cask (70cl, 47%)

This is an Irish single pot still whiskey from Boann, bottled at 47% in a 70cl bottle. The distillate was made from a mixed mash of malted barley, unmalted barley, oats and rye, all of it Irish and grown locally. It was first matured in heavily charred ex-bourbon barrels, then moved into vintage Madeira casks sourced in collaboration with the Madeira house Justino's. The casks held single-variety Colheita wines: Tinta Negro from 1998 and 2000, Boal from 1999, and Sercial from 1999, 2000 and 2006. They were formerly 350-litre French oak Cognac casks, and the wines inside ranged from sweet to medium to dry. The label design is built around water, a nod to the Boyne River and the North Atlantic around Madeira.