WATERFORD DISTILLERY LAUNCHES FLAGSHIP BIODYNAMIC WHISKY: BIODYNAMIC: CUVÉE LUNA
Waterford Distillery has launched its flagship biodynamic whisky: Biodynamic: Cuvée Luna
The Biodynamic: Cuvée Luna is Waterford Whisky’s new bottling of their core vary of Cuvée Ideas
Waterford Distillery is the world’s largest producer of natural and biodynamic whiskies
fifth September 2024: Waterford Distillery, the world’s largest producer of natural and biodynamic whiskies, has launched its new flagship cuvée bottling to its core assortment of single malts – Biodynamic: Cuvée Luna.
Licensed by Demeter and the Natural Belief, Biodynamic: Cuvée Luna – obtainable to buy worldwide from at present – is produced from 100% Irish barley grown utilizing regenerative biodynamic farming strategies, extensively utilized by most of the world’s legendary winemakers.
The rules of biodynamic farming had been first launched 100 years in the past in direct response to the expansion of chemical purposes after World Conflict One. At present, such practices are extra generally recognised as “uber natural” and supercharged regenerative agriculture.
Waterford Distillery has embraced the distinctive biodynamic practices, which search to create a vibrant dwelling soil and barley crop by treating the farm as a self-contained dwelling eco-system, with the appliance of selfmade natural preparations that comply with the traditional lunar calendar.
Working with three biodynamic Irish farmers – Trevor Harris, John McDonnell and Alan Mooney – Waterford Distillery bottled the world’s first biodynamic whisky in 2021 as a part of its Arcadian Farm Origin sequence, and has since elevated its consumption to 6 biodynamic growers in whole.
This new radical cuvée is an assemblage of a number of biodynamic harvests for even larger complexity. It was matured in a mix of 37% First-fill US Oak, 17% Virgin US Oak, 25% Premium French Oak and 21% Vin Doux Naturel casks for concord and steadiness.
Constructing on the distillery’s trademark artisanal bakery aromas, the whisky has flavours of inexperienced apple, hay, malted biscuits, peaches and breadcrust complimented with hints of lemon curd, breakfast cereals, natural tea, porridge, cream and spice giving the whisky a protracted, creamy and gently-spiced end.
Mark Reynier, CEO and Founding father of Waterford Distillery, mentioned: “Controversial to some, and the last word in regenerative farming to others, most of the world’s best winemakers and award-winning wines comply with biodynamic strategies to supply probably the most expressive and vibrant pure flavours attainable.
“Whisky has turn into an industrially manufactured product, propped up with components and finishes. Barley is without doubt one of the most flavoursome cereal grains and over time, this inherent flavour has been compromised as distilleries prioritise yield. So we return to the start – not simply whisky the way it was once, however how farming was once, and meaning taking each grain of biodynamic barley we are able to get our fingers on.”
As with each Waterford Distillery launch, a singular TÉIREOIR CODE on every bottle gives unprecedented validation and verification of its particular person journey from barley to bottle – harvested, saved, malted, distilled and matured. Each significant element of the whisky is obtainable for full transparency.
Biodynamic Cuvée: Luna represents the apogee of Waterford Distillery’s investigation of regenerative single malt, making it the distillery’s most radical whisky up to now.
Biodynamic: Cuvée Luna is out there to buy now from waterfordwhisky.com (€99.00), Grasp of Malt and Whisky Alternate as a everlasting itemizing, priced at approx. €85-95/$120/£89.95.
About Waterford Whisky
Waterford Whisky produces probably the most naturally flavoursome single malts.
It’s the world’s largest producer of natural and biodynamic whiskies.
It’s agricultural produce, not a manufactured product.
Unashamedly influenced by the world’s best winemakers, Waterford Whisky obsessively brings the identical mental drive, methodology and rigour to barley – the very supply of malt whisky’s complicated flavour.
Extolling 100 unique farms of Irish-grown barley, the distillery searches for pure flavours through three paths: its Single Farm Origins pursue the individualism of terroir-derived flavour; its Arcadian Farm Origins categorical the depth of flavour from different philosophies and long-forgotten varieties; while its Cuvée Ideas revel within the final complexity, the place the entire is larger than the sum of its elements.
For extra data, go to www.waterfordwhisky.com.
