Waterford Irish Single Malt Whisky is a new Distillery in Ireland where the BRUICHLADDICH Single Malt whiskey from Islay is reborn.
We are embarking on a long journey, a journey as ambitious as it is pioneering. The destiny is to create not only a more attractive Irish whiskey, with new aromas, with new barrels, but also the deepest single malt in the world.
Waterford Irish Single Malt Whiskey has chosen Waterford because here, on the banks of the River Suir, on Ireland’s sunny southeast coast, we have a unique state-of-the-art facility originally built by Diageo in 2004 and converted for distillation in 2015.
Here we have the best raw materials and the highest quality.
The purest spring water from renowned old wells and our team of 100% passionate distillers who also share the vision of Waterford Distillery all this together with the best barley in the world, they come to become whiskey history.
The barley main element of Waterford Whiskey, in which we were clear that we had to know exactly where our barley came from, where and how it was grown, is therefore key, for us this step, because if we know the whole process, we will know more about how distill and how to enhance, improve our whiskeys.
Taking the principles of Islay one step further, that’s why we’ve sourced an unprecedented 86 Irish farms, including organically grown and biodynamic barley in 19 different soil types.
With a pioneering digital logistics system in the world, which tracks in real time and using AI (artificial intelligence) in the process, the plot (Terroir) of each farmer is harvested, stored, malted and distilled separately.
Thus we can capture in the spirit (Distilled) the terroir of each farm, that subtle character modeled by the microclimate and soil of each Terroir, provides exclusivity and a new way of understanding whiskey.
Individuality and integrity from the field to the barrel. One of the concepts that makes Waterford Whiskey unique.
The provenance is the objective of this precision, provenance with total traceability, is to provide us with an incomparable library of single and nascent malt whiskey, this point is important to us, since the barley from each farm is distilled, once a week throughout year.
The first Waterford whiskey was released in January 2016. After maturing for several years in the finest French and American oak, we believe that these “single” components, single malts, each exhibiting their own nuances, will come together to make single malt. deepest in the world, ever created.
Each bottle of Waterford whiskey features its own world-pioneering TERROIR code.
Once entered, a wealth of engaging and unprecedented launch-related content will be revealed.
Using rich photography and leveraging our unmatched digital logistics systems that collect thousands of data points, you will be able to discover maps, harvest, producer, distillation details, and view the full spectrum of the wood. Here
The code is currently in phase Beta, as we developed an improved website, but we still wanted to share as much information with you as possible. Over time, we will continue to improve the experience even more.
Each page displays a mix of information designed to delight the most curious whiskey fan, as well as content to entice casual drinkers to the concept of royal provenance.
In fact, while you are at home tasting Waterford you can explore in real time all the information about the barley used to distill the whiskey, the barrels that Head Distiller Ned chose to combine to better express the spirit, you can even listen to the sounds of the farm itself.
Each barley farm is connected to our distillery, we leave you this link so you can see each Barley Farms.
Waterford Whiskey has been influenced by the best winemakers in the world, to work with the same methodology and rigor, with a clear objective, to make the best single malt whiskey in the world.
Our Single Farm Origins showcase barley flavors derived from individual Irish farms, terroir by terroir, each single malt in its own right.
They are expressions of precision and rarity. Yet brought together in a Cuvée, layer by layer, these spirits are unique components that create our most complex and ultimate single malt.
Our ultimate goal: the most exclusive, complex and profound whiskey in the world.
But Waterford Whiskey is not for everyone. This is for the cognoscenti (connoisseurs), the intrepid, the curious and the most exclusive.
In the sunny south-east of Ireland, warmed by the Gulf Stream, humid, warm air cuts through fertile soils to produce a green landscape and the best barley in the world.
Since barley is the source of malt whiskey’s complex flavors, it makes perfect sense for us to focus on where and how barley is grown.
Those flavors are determined by the place, by the soils that nourish its roots, by the microclimate in which it matures. By terroir.
We have worked with a total of 86 Irish growers to date, around 40 a year, some organic, some biodynamic.
So all of our whiskeys use 100% Irish-grown barley, one farm, one terroir, at a time.
Every year after harvest, the roads of rural Ireland fill with tractors from our growers hauling barley of agricultural origin, and almost simultaneously converge on a special bespoke storage facility, strategically located in the center of our distillery.
This is a wonderful structure unique in the world, which we call our Barley Cathedral, and next to it, as we add more producers, is our Chapel.
Built specifically for our requirements, a logistical challenge in its own right, without each farm’s individual crop sleeping in its own container, in separation and under ideal conditions, there can be no integrity or traceability.
A forgotten hero, the Cathedral is the enabler of the terroir.
Where our distillery is located today, it used to be a brewery on the banks of the River Suir since 1792. Today’s Waterford Distillery, along with the technological marvel we call the Facilitator, allows us to create elite whiskey. We keep each farm’s harvest clearly separate, and treated equally, as we transform it from grain to liquor.
State-of-the-art equipment combines ancient knowledge, about local Irish barley, with long 120-hour fermentations, unhurried distillation with an exceptional oak spectrum. In this way we can reveal the maximum expression of the terroir, farm by farm, harvest by harvest.
Unique distillates, new starting points that give rise to fascinating expressions of Terroir, for its transformation in the barrels.
After maturing for several years in the best of French and American oak, you should know that Waterford Whiskey has such an unrivaled and expensive wood policy that accounts for one third of our production budget, we believe these components are “single”, single malts. , a solo voice, a solo terroir. , each exhibiting its own nuances, will come together as a glorious chorus of harmonic flavors.
The total, the sum of its parts, will add up each year and we know that, WaterFord Distillery, is named to be one of the best in the world. This is how, we humbly created our unique single malt Waterford Irish Single Malt Whiskey with depth and complexity never before created.
And that remains our ambition. Our destiny. All our reason for being.
50º / 70cl
