Grand Cru Burgundy Cask Finish Single Cask Irish Whiskey (700 ml)

Founded in 2011 by five partners who drew their water from Wicklow Mountain springs and named their distillery after a 6th-century monastic valley — Gleann Dá Loch, 'Valley of the Two Lakes' — Glendalough has consistently broken Irish whiskey convention. This

single cask expression pushes further still: a Grand Cru Burgundy cask finish applied to Irish whiskey is virtually uncharted territory in the category, where ex-Bourbon and Oloroso Sherry dominate by default.

Distilled in a Coffey column still from a mash bill of Irish malted barley and corn, the spirit enters oak at 62.5% ABV, building its primary character in American oak ex-Bourbon barrels before transfer into a single Grand Cru Burgundy cask for finishing. The

Pinot Noir-seasoned wood introduces red fruit extraction — dried cherry, raspberry reduction — layered over the grain's inherent cereal sweetness, while the porous Burgundian oak integrates without overwhelming.

Special feature: the single-cask bottling format means no vatting, no blending to house style — this is one cask's unmediated conversation between Wicklow grain spirit and Grand Cru Pinot Noir wood. Glendalough's maritime Wicklow climate, mild and east-coast moderated, slows oxidative exchange through the wood, preserving aromatic lift that a warmer warehouse would sacrifice.

Drink now through the near term; the Burgundy influence is at its most expressive before further integration softens the fruit-forward edge.