Jameson Irish Whiskey / 40% / 0.7l
- With annual sales of almost 7 million cases (2017) Jameson is undisputable leader in Irish whiskey category outselling the number 2 brand, Tullamore Dew almost 7 to 1 (third in line, Bushmills sold close to 800,000 cases).
Product description
With annual sales of almost 7 million cases per year (2017), Jameson's position as the sales leader in the Irish whiskey segment seems unchallenged (the next in the ranking – Tullamore Dew and Bushmills achieved sales of one million and 800 thousand cases, respectively).
John Jameson built a distillery in Dublin in 1780, but the Jameson brand didn’t debut until 1963; before that, local whiskey was sold through brokers, usually as “Dublin Whiskey.” Since 1975, Jameson whiskey has been produced at the Midleton Distillery in County Cork, and since 1988, it has been owned by the French company Pernod Ricard. The basic version of Jameson presented here is a blend of single pot still and single grain distillates aged mainly in American oak barrels, and the stately 4.5-liter bottle rests on a so-called “cradle.”
Nose : fruity-floral, apples, pears, plums, mixed berry jam, honey, vanilla, cereals, notes of hay and oak.
Palate : cereal, caramel, vanilla pudding, cocoa, banana cake, apples, a touch of lemongrass and oak.
Finish : not too long, with notes of honey, vanilla, summer fruits, a pinch of spices and oak.