Bushmills 10 Years Old Causeway Collection Sauternes 70cl 56.8°

Distillery : The Old Bushmills / Country : Ireland / Reference: : 25756

Exclusively for le Comptoir Irlandais, Bushmills presents its 4th edition of The Causeway Collection designed and created by the famous Alex Thomas in homage to the Irish Giant's Causeway.

Following the success of its first 3 editions, Bushmills presents a new limited edition aged and refined in exceptional barrels. This cask strength, non-chill-filtered Irish Single Malt was first aged in Oloroso Sherry and Bourbon barrels for 6 years.

Subsequently, Master Blender Alex Thomas finished this remarkable whiskey for 4 years in precious barrels that contained sweet Sauternes wine, coming from the famous Graves region near Bordeaux. These rare wine barrels impart a deliciously creamy and intense fruit flavour from Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle grapes.

This sensational whiskey ranks among the best Irish Single Malts, a giant in its own right.

119,00 € tax incl.

soit 170,00 € / litre

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Features
Volume0.7 L
ABV56.8°
TypeSingle malt
DistilleryThe Old Bushmills
CountryIreland
Age10 years
MaturationBourbon, Sherry and Wine
PeatNon Peated
PackagingCase
Reference:25756

The Old Bushmills is the oldest official whisky distillery in the world. On April 20th 1608, King James I granted Sir Thomas Phillips - landowner and Governor of Co. Antrim, Ireland – a license to distil.


The Old Bushmills has been distilling whiskey from that date onwards, and the Old Bushmills Company was officially established in 1784. It is today part of the Diageo Spirits Group. The distillery is located in Bushmills, in Antrim County, North Ireland, a few miles away from the Giant’s Causeway, and the last operating distillery in North Ireland.


A dozen of distilleries were still opened in the region in the early 20th century. Only three remained in the 1950’s. The Comber distillery closed in 1953 and the Coleraine closed in 1978. Bushmills’ history is chaotic: its origins hark back to 1608 but the region had been distilling whiskey since the 12th century.


In 1276, Sir Robert Savage, owner of the Bushmills town is said to have fortified his troops with "a mighty drop of acqua vitae". In 1490, the Book of Leinster mentions a local alcohol served in Bushmills town.


The distillery starts growing from 1860’s onwards, and is bought for a mere 500 Sterling Pounds. In 1855, a fire destroys partly the distillery, which is then rebuilt in the Scottish style of that time, with pagoda roofs typical of Scottish distilleries. At the same time, Bushmills stops the production of Irish pot still and manufactures Single Malts.


In 1923, The Old Bushmills is purchased by a Belfast merchant, Samuel Boyd. In 1972 the distillery enters the Irish distillers Spirit Group. In 2008, Bushmills celebrate 400 years of whiskey making with its limited edition: Bushmills 1608. Old Bushmills then produces blends and single malts, with 4 wash stills, 5 spirit stills with 3 million litres of alcohol produced every year.

The Bushmills range draws its identity and spicy, fruity character from the single malt Bushmills whiskey, forming the heart of its blended whiskeys. Obtained from a triple distillation, Bushmills malt whiskey is elaborated from non peated barley. The malt is then peat-smoke free and offers a rich, malty style with subtle fruity notes.

Colour: amber gold.

Nose: ripe fruit with a note of creamy coconut and butterscotch, intertwined with a sweet citrus note.

Palate: intensely honeyed apricot, enhanced with notes of ginger, with a sweetness of vanilla and honeysuckle followed by ripe peaches, mango and apple.

Finish: Sweet tropical fruits linger in a warm toffee sweetness.