DINGLE Cónocht an Earraigh Single Malt Celtic Series Cabernet Sauvignon Finish

This series pays homage to the Celtic calendar, also known as the Celtic Wheel of the year. Each release marks a particular festival celebrated since pre-Christian times in Ireland and still today on the Dingle peninsula. The sixth whiskey in this series is a single malt called Cónocht an Earraigh.

Cónocht an Earraigh is the ancient celebration of the spring equinox, when night and day align and the energy of the earth comes into balance. This is a time of vitality and growth, when young livestock are developing and the fields that were recently fallow and which begin to flourish into rich pastures. At this time of year, Dingle’s rolling landscape springs into life as the farmland of the peninsula fills with a variety of crops and livestock, with hopes for a long and warm summer ahead.

Cónocht an Earraigh, the spring equinox, brings the earth’s energy into balance. At Dingle Distillery, Cónocht an Earraigh is the perfect time to sample the casks as they age, as the Master Distiller searches for just the right balance of flavours and characteristics that demonstrate exactly why the difference is Dingle.

Aged like all the Celtic series initially in first-fill bourbon casks, the maturation is completed by a long finish (two and a half years) in Australian Cabernet Sauvignon casks from the house of Teusner in the Barossa Valley.