Redbreast single pot still Irish - 21y
bottled 2016 (bottle code L613031109) - 46%

triple distilled pot still from Midleton distillery

scores:
whiskybase – 89/22
malt maniacs – no score
serge valentin - 89 (see below)
Jim Murray whisky of the year 2017

personal score: 89-90  very nice Irish, lots and lots of fruit.

Redbreast 21 yo (46%, OB, -/+ 2016) 
A bottling I usually adore on the occasions I’ve tried it in the past, although this is the first time I’ve written proper notes. Colour: gold. Nose: golden syrup drizzled over passion fruit with ripe pineapple, melon, caramelised brown sugar and some sultanas stewed in old calvados. Simple and totally beautiful with these rather luscious and precise fruits. A touch of white pepper as well. Mouth: preserved lemons, lime oil, more brown sugar, fruit syrups, oatmeal flapjack and a little flinty minerality. Some green tea, hessian and then moving more towards white fruits such as lychee. Finish: Long, slightly earthy with a more nervous, citrus led fruitiness. Lots of lemon peel, olive oil, a touch of soot and some barley water. Comments: It’s really one of the benchmark Irish whiskeys in my book. Beautiful fruitiness. 
SGP: 641 - 89 points.