The third whisky released by local distillers Brookies, Viognier Cask has a deep hue and is said to have notes of buttered croissant, mocha, papaya and charred peach. It combines whiskies matured for over three years in Australian white wine casks and American oak ex-bourbon casks.
Viognier wine is often found in French wine blends and is considered one of the world’s most textural white wines with a heady perfume and exotic fruit characters. The viognier casks for the whisky were sourced from Inkwell Wines, McLaren Vale. The French oak casks have delicate characters of white peach, ginger and bergamot which show through on the sophisticated style of Australian whisky.
There are only 1,100 bottles of this particular whisky available either online at capebyrondistillery.com, at the cellar door at St Helena, or at premium independent liquor retailers.
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