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Waterford Heritage Hunter 1.1

Irish Single Malt Munster
Age
3 years
ABV
50%
Introduced
2022
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Waterford Heritage Hunter 1.1

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Light gold with natural color; medium legs, non-chill filtered
Nose
Earthy and distinctive — dry soil, lemon sherbet, red apple skin, dry bark, barnyard, petrichor, rolled barley, baked salt, chalk. Big butterscotch and apple with strong but pleasant earthiness
Palate
Orange cake, dry savory spice, cloves, porridge with prunes, wood char, citrus oils. Heritage Hunter barley (resurrected 1959 strain named after Dr. Herbert Hunter) delivers a distinctly earthy, barnyard character unique in the dataset
Finish
Dry, green finish with gentle spice. The terroir signature of this rare heritage barley variety is unmistakable — earthier and more mineral than any other Waterford expression

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • 45% first-fill US oak
  • 19% virgin US oak
  • 21% premium French oak
  • 15% Vin Doux Naturel — heritage Hunter barley (1959 variety)

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