Waterford Single Farm Origins showcase barley flavours derived from individual Irish farms: celebrating terroir, each complex single malt is a journey through layers of precision & rarity.
BARLEY FORWARD
TERROIR DRIVEN
Since barley is the source of malt whisky’s complex flavours, it makes abundant sense to focus on where and how the barley is cultivated. Those flavours are shaped by place, by the soils that nourish its roots, by the microclimate in which it ripens. By terroir.
NATURAL WHISKY
Waterford whiskies use 100% Irish-grown barley. With a total of 86 Irish growers to date – some organic, some biodynamic – it demonstrably showcases the concept of one farm, one terroir, at a time.
MEET THE EXPRESSIONS
EACH FARM'S CROP IS KEPT SEPARATE IN THE WATERFORD DISTILLERY, LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER SUIR. THERE, STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT MARRIES ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE TO TRANSFORM THE LOCAL IRISH BARLEY FROM GRAIN TO SPIRIT.
WITH EXTENDED 120 HOUR FERMENTATIONS AND UNHURRIED DISTILLATION WITH A SPECTRUM OF EXCEPTIONAL OAK CASKS; WATERFORD WHISKIES ARE THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF TERROIR IN THE FORM OF FARM AND HARVEST.
TÉIREOIR
TERROIR IS THE 3D INTERACTION ON A PLANT OF SOIL, MICROCLIMATE AND SITE. IT INFLUENCES HOW THE BARLEY GROWS AND THUS THE FLAVOURS CONTAINED WITHIN THE GRAIN.
CAPTURED FARM BY FARM, TERROIR REQUIRES AN EXTENSIVE LOGISTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO VERIFY AND PROVE ITS INFLUENCE – EACH TERROIR IS A NEW STARTING POINT FOR WATERFORD WHISKY.
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