Redbreast Dream Cask 27 year old Port to Port Edition, 56.3%

Released in 2023, the blenders combined two casks of single pot still whiskey, a 27 year old bourbon cask and a 28 year old ruby port cask matured, and finished it for 3 months in tawny port casks. Unctuously honeyed, with sweet dried apricots, papaya, cantaloupe, and soft sticky figs, it’s sprinkled with white pepper, adding black cherry, plum, and orange peel to herbal notes, clove, and wood spices. Fruity dark chocolate on the palate with succulent raisins and dried red berries while chile flakes provide some spicy heat. It’s a mighty whiskey and concludes under the weight of the oak with melted milk chocolate, burnt sugar, and cacao. (870 bottles; €580)—JM