David Beckham Haig Club Delux Whisky 700ml
Redbreast 1999 Sherry Cask — Single Cask Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Overview
- First-ever Redbreast single-cask bottling (Single Cask No. 30087).
- Distilled: 2 April 1999
- Cask: Oloroso sherry butt No. 30087 (coopered late 1996 at Antonio Páez Lobato Cooperage, Jerez region) — toasted and seasoned with Oloroso sherry for ~2 years at Páez Morilla Bodega, then filled at Midleton Distillery in early 1999.
- Maturation: 16 years, 147 days in warehouse M15A at Midleton (filled early 1999 — bottled August 2015).
- Bottles from cask: 576
- Release: February 2016 (selected by Billy Leighton, Head Blender, and The Whisky Exchange team)
- Bottled without chill-filtration
Specs
- Size: 750 ml
- Alcohol: 59.9% ABV (119.8 proof)
- Origin: Ireland
- Distillery: Midleton Distillery (Irish Distillers / Pernod Ricard)
- Selected by: Attendees of a special tasting at The Whisky Exchange shop (2015)
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Blackened fruit cake, matchbox/lighting strip, coal dust, burnt raisins, prunes, dates; faint crushed mint and cracked black pepper. With water: old leather, espresso, Brazil nuts, pecan pie.
- Palate: Full-bodied; sulphury matchbox/lighting-strip character and black pepper spice with blackstrap molasses, vanilla, coal dust and sweet liquorice. With water: sweeter, better balanced, releases blackcurrant jam.
- Finish: Dry — charcoal, burnt raisin, liquorice, faint tobacco leaf (especially with water).
Collector/Buying Notes
- Very limited (576 bottles) — high collector interest.
- Featured/sourced via large licensed-retailer networks; high-demand bottles may be cancelled on smaller sites.
- Featured in publications and carried by reputable whisky retailers such as The Whisky Exchange.
Distillery Background
- Midleton Distillery, Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. Part of Irish Distillers (Pernod Ricard). The Old Midleton Distillery on site now operates as the Jameson Experience visitor centre.
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