Riverbourne
Riverbourne
DISTILLERY: Riverbourne, New South Wales, Australia
ABV: 51%
AGE: 2 Years
CAT: Single Malt Spirit
BATCH: #2
RRP: £99.95
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ABOUT THIS BOTTLING
Another welcome return to one of our Australian distilleries from our first series. Riverbourne, located 60 km southeast of the capital -Canberra, is run by Australia’s oldest distiller, Martin Pye. Martin’s a third generation pharmacist who has an obsession with the sciences.
Two types of barley are predominantly used, heavily peated Scottish malt, and a local malt from Australia.
The casks are sourced from an Australian cooperage called Roll Out The Barrel, ROTB manufactures casks from recycled wine staves, stripped and charred in a similar process to STR.
Our 2nd cask from Riverbourne uses that heavily peated Scottish malt, and has been matured in a ‘Roll Out The Barrel’ 100 litre cask, made from American and French oak staves. It’s been bottled at 51% abv, and we’re expecting just 214 bottles to be available.
NOSE
There's an immediate iodine hit, slightly earthy, and medicinal too, but softens to reveal heather honey, and hints of tangerine creams.
TASTE
Big, and chewy! With waves of sweet smoke,candied citrus, and creamy vanilla toffees, followed by some earthy peat with a pinch of salt.
The finish is long and lingering, with a salty quality to the earthy peat smoke.
ABOUT THE LABEL
The whiskies made at the Riverbourne distillery are named after films from the Bourne series, Identity, Ultimatum, Supremacy...which leads on to our label story…
It’s Whack-a-Wombat time at Riverbourne, playing on the destruction that the local wombats cause in and around the distillery.
Our deadly animal is the Common Death Adder, a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia and globally. Human death can occur within six hours after the bite.
