IRISH DISTILLERS AND MITCHELL & SON CELEBRATE THE 135TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MITCHELLS ENTERING WHISKEY BONDING WITH THE UNVEILING OF GOLD SPOT IRISH WHISKEY
The Spot household shines brighter than ever with a limited-edition whiskey honouring the colorful 135-year legacy of wine & spirits retailers, Mitchell & Son
Irish Distillers, makers of a number of the world’s most loved whiskeys, along with the Mitchell household are marking 135 years of whiskey bonding among the many Mitchell household, one in all Eire’s final remaining wine retailers, by crafting a celebratory vibrant Spot launch, Gold Spot Single Pot Nonetheless Irish Whiskey.
This limited-edition expression pays tribute to the colorful historical past of the Mitchell’s whiskey bonding enterprise which commenced in 1887 when the bonders despatched empty wine and fortified wine casks to the native Jameson Distillery, in Bow Avenue, to be crammed with new single pot nonetheless spirit for maturation in its underground cellars. As soon as stuffed, the fortified wine casks can be marked with a daub or ‘spot’ of colored paint, to find out the age potential with Blue Spot, Inexperienced Spot, Yellow Spot and Crimson Spot, respectively indicating the 7, 10, 12 and 15 years of the celebrated expression inside the Spot vary.
The color gold symbolises high quality, status, specialness and celebration and so the Mitchells selected this color to indicate their enduring relationship with whiskey bonding over seven generations and 135 years. This particular launch commemorates the previous and nods to the way forward for whiskey innovation by embodying the unmistakable qualities of single pot nonetheless Irish whiskey.
Matured for no less than 9 years, the expression builds on the muse of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, typical of the Spot whiskey model, and is married along with a singular proportion of hand chosen Bordeaux wine casks and port pipes. The inclusion of port casks – sourced from Irish Distillers’ long-established companions in Portugal’s Douro Valley– is a primary for a contemporary iteration of Spot whiskey.
Working in collaboration with the Mitchells, the crew at Midleton Distillery was impressed by archive paperwork courting again to the late 1800s displaying important portions of port casks imported into Eire which, as soon as emptied, would have been used to mature whiskey. The mix of the 4 totally different cask varieties imparts distinctive flavours of vibrant fruits enhanced by delicate oak tannins and wooden spices, with the port wine-driven cask inclusion including a further layer of complexity and character, alongside a style of historical past.
Katherine Condon, Distiller at Irish Distillers, feedback: “It has been a privilege and a pleasure to work with the famend Mitchell household as they took us on a journey by the wealthy historical past of their enterprise, handed down by seven generations.
“Gold Spot really is a liquid time capsule with the wine-driven casks treading a lovely stability of custom and innovation and marking their 135-year historical past of whiskey bonding in Eire. We cherish these alternatives to collaborate with the Mitchell household and stay up for welcoming much more whiskey followers to style a chunk of whiskey historical past inside the Spot household.”
Jonathan Mitchell, Managing Director at Mitchell & Son, provides: “Because the oldest household run wine and spirits retailers in Eire, we’re delighted to proceed the legacy of the Spot household, and our household’s historic position in Dublin’s whiskey bonding period.
“It has been fascinating to as soon as once more collaborate with Katherine Condon and the proficient crew at Midleton to have fun the colorful story of our household enterprise, utilising casks that will have been initially launched to Irish whiskey within the late 1800s. We’re excited to see what the longer term holds for this glorious household of whiskeys.”
Unveiled at Whiskey Stay Dublin, the non-chill filtered launch is bottled at 51.4% ABV or 102.8 Proof – a reference to historic strategies of measuring alcohol content material as famous within the Mitchell’s archive. The whiskey will probably be obtainable on-line from www.spotwhiskey.com from 12pm Irish Time and at Whiskey Stay Dublin on the tenth of June and from Mitchell & Son shops and all established retailers from Tuesday, 14th of June on the RRP of €120. It will likely be that can be purchased in Eire, France, the UK and World Journey Retail, and the USA from mid-July.
Gold Spot Tasting Notes
Nostril: Opens with a bouquet of autumnal berries that grow to be notes of apple and pear earlier than evolving into wealthy stone fruits. These are intertwined with layers of wooden spices, vanilla and perfumed wine undertones.
Style: Wealthy pot nonetheless spices with vibrant fruits enhanced by the fragile oak tannins and wooden spices. Whereas The candy influences of the charred and toasted oak ship a personality that ornaments the distinctive mixture of wine-seasoned casks.
End: Wealthy and lasting with the intricate nature of the wine casks and pot nonetheless spices lingering.
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About Irish Distillers
Irish Distillers is Eire’s main provider of spirits and wines, and producer of a number of the world’s most well-known and profitable Irish whiskeys. Led by Jameson, our manufacturers are driving the worldwide renaissance of Irish whiskey. Jameson is the world’s bestselling Irish whiskey, experiencing 30 years of consecutive progress as much as 2019 and hitting gross sales of 8.6m instances in 2021. Our manufacturers are exported to 130+ markets.
Irish Distillers was fashioned in 1966, when a merger came about between John Energy & Son, John Jameson & Son and Cork Distilleries Firm. In 1988 Irish Distillers joined Pernod Ricard, having access to unprecedented ranges of funding and an in depth world distribution community. Since 2012, we’ve got invested over €400 million to double our manufacturing and bottling capability to satisfy world demand for our merchandise.
We make use of over 600 individuals throughout our operations in Cork and Dublin.
About Pernod Ricard
Pernod Ricard is the No.2 worldwide producer of wines and spirits with consolidated gross sales of €8,824 million in FY21. Created in 1975 by the merger of Ricard and Pernod, the Group has developed by natural progress and acquisitions: Seagram (2001), Allied Domecq (2005) and Vin&Sprit (2008). Pernod Ricard, which owns 16 of the High 100 Spirits Manufacturers, holds some of the prestigious and complete model portfolios within the trade, together with: Absolut Vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Membership rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes, as effectively Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Property, Campo Viejo, and Kenwood wines. Pernod Ricard’s manufacturers are distributed throughout 160+ markets and by its personal salesforce in 73 markets. The Group’s decentralised organisation empowers its 19,000 staff to be true on-the-ground ambassadors of its imaginative and prescient of “Créateurs de Convivialité.” As reaffirmed by the Group’s three-year strategic plan, “Remodel and Speed up,” deployed in 2018, Pernod Ricard’s technique focuses on investing in long-term, worthwhile progress for all stakeholders. The Group stays true to its three founding values: entrepreneurial spirit, mutual belief, and a powerful sense of ethics. As illustrated by the 2030 roadmap supporting the United Nations Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs), “We deliver good occasions from a very good place.” In recognition of Pernod Ricard’s sturdy dedication to sustainable growth and accountable consumption, it has obtained a Gold ranking from Ecovadis and is ranked No. 1 within the beverage sector in Vigeo Eiris. Pernod Ricard can also be a United Nation’s World Compact LEAD firm.
Pernod Ricard is listed on Euronext (Ticker: RI; ISIN code: FR0000120693) and is a part of the CAC 40 index.
