Product description
In the fall of 2020, Bushmills Distillery began releasing the Causeway Collection.
Its creator was the company's master blender, Helen Mulholland. The series consists of whiskeys finished in bourbon, cognac and wine barrels (including fortified ones). The Causeway Collection is inspired by the Giant's Causeway, which lies near the distillery and consists of over 40,000 basalt columns formed as a result of intensive volcanic and geological activity from 60 million years ago. The Bushmills presented here was distilled on September 6, 2010, originally aged in bourbon and Oloroso sherry barrels, and on March 5, 2018, it was transferred to cognac barrels. The whiskey was bottled at 47% abv in 2022 for the French distributor Le Comptoir Irlandais.
Nose : balanced, pears, dried apricots and cherries, dark berries, caramel, almond croissant, vanilla, honey, milk chocolate, nougat, notes of tobacco and oak.
Palate : chocolate truffles, vanilla, toffee, roasted nuts and almonds, pears, blackberries, raisins, orange peel, pipe tobacco, notes of leather and oak.
Finish : medium long, with notes of chocolate, mocha, vanilla, forest berries, almonds, allspice and oak.