Red Spot 15 Year Old Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey 750ml

Red Spot sits at the top of the Spot range, and it earns that position on age and on wood. The Spot whiskeys take their name from the practice at Mitchell & Son, the Dublin wine and spirits merchants trading since 1805 on Grafton Street, of marking maturing casks with a daub of coloured paint to indicate how long each should rest. Blue meant seven years, green ten, yellow twelve, and red fifteen. Red Spot vanished for roughly five decades and returned in 2018, rebuilt from recipes and records the Mitchell family had kept since the early 1900s, which makes it a reconstruction rather than a continuation. What is in the bottle is single pot still whiskey, the distinctly Irish style made from a mash of both malted and unmalted barley and triple distilled, giving the creamy body and green peppery spice that no other category quite matches. It matures for not less than fifteen years across three cask types, each doing separate work. American bourbon casks lay down vanilla, toasted oak and a soft sweetness. Spanish Oloroso sherry butts add dried fruit, hazelnut and a darker depth. Sicilian Marsala wine casks are the unusual element and the one that defines it, contributing a ripe, almost jammy fruit sweetness that lifts the whole thing rather than weighing it down. Bottled at 46 percent alcohol by volume and non chill filtered, so the texture stays full and oily. Expect pot still spice over cooked stone fruit, baked apple, mango and black cherry, with hazelnut, new leather and toasted oak underneath, and a finish that keeps going. Neat, with a drop of water if you want it to open further.

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Tasting Notes

Color: Deep burnished gold with amber depth.

Nose: Pot still spice over rich cooked fruit, baked apple, mango and black cherry, with hazelnut and a touch of new leather fusing into toasted American oak.

Palate: Ripe fruit sweetness from the Marsala casks arrives first, then sweet red pepper and cracked black pepper bring spice, with American oak, barley and dark toffee underneath.

Finish: Extra long, an extended infusion of fruit and spice carrying cinnamon, peppercorn, oak and leather.

FAQ

Q: What makes Red Spot different from the rest of the range?
A: Age and wood. At fifteen years it is the oldest age stated Spot, and it is the only one matured in Sicilian Marsala wine casks alongside bourbon and Oloroso sherry.

Q: What is single pot still Irish whiskey?
A: A uniquely Irish style distilled in pot stills from a mash of both malted and unmalted barley. The unmalted portion gives the category its creamy texture and green peppery spice.

Q: What do the colours in the Spot range mean?
A: Mitchell & Son marked maturing casks with coloured paint to indicate ageing potential. Blue was seven years, green ten, yellow twelve and red fifteen.

Q: Has Red Spot always been available?
A: No. It disappeared for roughly fifty years and was brought back in 2018, recreated from Mitchell family recipes and records dating to the early 1900s.

Q: Who distils it?
A: It is distilled and matured at Midleton in County Cork by Irish Distillers, and bottled for Mitchell & Son, the Dublin merchants who own the Spot heritage.

Q: Where can I buy Red Spot 15 Year Old online?
A: Available here at Liquor On Broadway while stock lasts, with fast insured shipping nationwide.