Tullamore Dew 12 Years Old Special Reserve 70cl 40°

Distillery : Tullamore / Country : Ireland / Reference: : 20882

This 12 Year-Old version of Special Reserve is a luxury blended Tullamore Dew whiskey. Being triple-distilled and matured in oak Bourbon barrels or Sherry casks for 12 to 15 years, Tullamore Dew 12 Years Old Special Reserve is a truly refined and balanced whiskey that highlights and sophisticates the original smoothness of Tullamore Dew Original.

Tullamore Dew likes to say that with age comes maturity. This 12 Year-Old whiskey is a perfect exemple, as ageing increased its depth and complexity; and this might be a reason why this whiskey has been unanimously acclaimed by whisky experts worldwide.

This 12 Year-Old Tullamore Dew Special Reserve was awarded not less than 17 Gold Medals wordwide during the last fifteen years.

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Features
Volume0.7 L
Net Weight0.7 kg
ABV40 °
TypeBlended Irish Whiskey
DistilleryTullamore
CountryIreland
RegionCounty Cork
Age12 years
MaturationBourbon & Sherry
PeatNon Peated
PackagingBox
Reference:20882

The Tullamore distillery has been established in 1829, in the town of the same name, located between Dublin and Galway at the heart of Ireland.


Its story goes back a long way, and the distillery took off under the management of Director Daniel E. Willams. He significantly forged the distillery’s development, where he started with turning the malt. As a true self-made man, he quickly climbed the ladder and became in 1887 General Director and eventually owner of the distillery.


As a long-lasting tribute to its visionary director, the distillery engraved each Tullamore bottle with his initials (DEW) and has become since then one of the most popular Irish blend whiskey brands.


Recognised as a premium whiskey by the Whiskey institutions, Tullamore Dew surprises with its smoothness and refined flavours. A careful elaboration process together with a triple-distillation crafted the most original, subtle, generous whiskey with a lasting finale.


In 1954, the distillery nevertheless closed down. The John Power & Son distillery purchases Tullamore Dew and merges it into the Irish Distillers group in 1966, born from Cork Distillers, John Power & Son and John Jameson & Son. The new directory closes down all operating distilleries and concentrates all the production in Midleton. A new distillery, the biggest of Ireland, is then built close to the old one.


The production starts in 1975. After a 60 years break, Tullamore Dew resumes its production in the new distillery, entirely renovated. Since July 2010, Tullamore Dew has been purchased by the Joint-venture Lixir, created by the family-run Scottish business William Grant & Sons, also owners of the Glenfiddich and Balvenie distilleries, with the French Group Remy Cointreau. Tullamore Dew is today the second best-selling Irish Whisky in the world.

Colour: gold with orange glow.

Nose: deeply aromatic, with lovely hues of fresh fruits, grapes, grains, a hint of citrus and delicate touch of hazelnut.

Palate: a frank attack with rich flavours of spices and linseed oil providing a remarkably velvety mouthfeel. Sherry gives clear notes of cinnamon, caramel and vanilla and woody aromas.

Finish: of great length and rich, evocative of vanilla and spices over a lingering backdrop of Sherry creaminess, dark chocolate and light almond.

Bronze, no age statement Irish Blended Whiskey category, World Whiskies Awards 2022.

Gold - Irish Blended - 2020 World Whiskies Awards
Master - Irish Blended – Premium - 2014 -The Irish Whisky Masters (The Spirits Business)
 
Gold - Irish Whiskey - Deluxe Blend - 2014 - International Wine & Spirit Competition
 
Master - Irish Blended – Premium - 2013 - The Irish Whisky Masters (The Spirits Business)
 
Double Gold - Blended Irish Whiskey - 2013 - San Francisco World Spirits Competition
 
Gold Outstanding - Irish Whiskey - Deluxe Blend - 2013 - International Wine & Spirit Competition