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12 Year Private Reserve

12 Year Private Reserve

Tequila Casks 2010 Vintage

The Bushmills® Private Reserve Collection is a series of small batch single malts hand selected with unique cask finishes, born from the original Irish single malt tradition that Bushmills® pioneered.

This 12 Year Old single malt Irish whiskey is first matured in carefully selected bourbon barrels and oloroso sherry casks before finishing in tequila casks from Jalisco, Mexico.

 

(47.5% ABV - 95 Proof)

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

Warm anise, vanilla, and honeyed apples on the nose, with creamy butterscotch and spiced vanilla on the palate.

 

Color

Warm gold

Aroma

Warm anise, vanilla, apples, honey and oak

Taste

Creamy butterscotch, spiced vanilla with a hint of black olive

Finish

Apples and sweet melon leading to a long warming finish

MATURATION

This 12 Year Old single malt is first matured in carefully selected bourbon barrels and oloroso sherry casks for a total of 6 years before finishing for a minimum of 6 years in a combination of añejo and reposado tequila casks.

  • Primary Maturation

    • American Oak Bourbon barrels from Kelvin Cooperage
    • Spanish oak Oloroso Sherry butts from Antonio Páez Lobato cooperage

  • Secondary Maturation

    American Oak Reposado & Añejo Tequila barrels

meet the masters

Discover the artistry behind the bottle. Our Master Distiller, Colum Egan, and Master Blender, Alex Thomas, meticulously oversee every step of the whiskey making process, bringing generations of expertise to each expression.

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