Starward Australian Whisky has launched Starward Octave Barrels, an Australian single malt whisky matured in Australian shiraz wine barrels.
Barrels chosen for this pink wine-aged whisky beforehand held Yalumba vineyard previous vine shiraz. Starward has had a relationship with Yalumba that stretches again to its beginnings with Starward’s first batch of whisky aged nearly completely in Yalumba wine barrels. Yalumba makes barrels in their very own onsite cooperage.
That is the primary launch within the U.S. from Starward Tasks, an experimental program.
Starward Octave Barrels matured in 100-L, octave-sized barrels that had held Yalumba The Octavius Shiraz. As soon as The Octavius is bottled, freshly emptied barrels journey to Starward’s Melbourne distillery, the place they’re full of Starward’s new make spirit. The smaller quantity of those little vessels, constituted of American oak, is supposed to create extra wood-to-whisky interplay in comparison with standard-sized wine barrels.
The result’s a single malt Australian whisky with aromatics of pink fruit, raisins, ripe peach, caramel and toasty oak, the corporate reviews. On the palate are darkish forest fruits above a toasted oak spine, earlier than a end of toasted marshmallow.
“It is a story of provenance; our first actual deep-dive into the world of pink wine cask maturation began with Yalumba,” says Starward Founder David Vitale. “The generosity of the Yalumba winemakers and coopers to share their data and provides us entry to those casks again in 2013 allowed me to meet my ambition of making a distinctly Australian whisky that we now supply the world with satisfaction. In fact, I’m pleased with all our restricted releases, however this one holds a particular place in my coronary heart, and I’m so excited to share it with everybody.”
Commercial
Starward Octave Barrel is 48% ABV. It’s now obtainable in restricted portions at choose retailers nationwide and on-line at starward.com/us/whisky/octave-barrels in a 700-ml. bottle for a steered retail worth of $79.99.
