Waterford Rathclogh Edition 4.1 Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Waterford · Waterford Distillery
Waterford's obsession with terroir continues to produce genuinely distinctive whiskey. Rathclogh Edition 4.1 draws from barley grown on the Rathclogh farm in County Kilkenny, and the resulting spirit carries a minerality and freshness that sets it apart. This is Irish whiskey that asks you to think about soil.
Nose
Fresh-cut barley and green grass give way to honey and a gentle orchard-fruit sweetness. There's a minerally edge, almost chalky, beneath a faint rosewater lift.
Palate
Textured and layered, with malt backbone supporting notes of peach, buttered toast, and hazelnuts. Mid-palate shows gentle vanilla and a whisper of clove. The terroir-driven minerality persists throughout.
Finish
Medium length, clean and drying, with lingering malt sweetness and a stony, earthy close.
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Matured in a combination of first-fill American oak and French oak casks
- Single Pot Still
- No
- Chill-Filtered
- Non-chill filtered, no coloring added
Cocktail Suggestion
Rathclogh Highball — 2 oz Waterford Rathclogh 4.1 · 4 oz chilled sparkling water · build in a tall glass over ice, garnish with a sprig of fresh thyme.
Food Pairing
A wedge of aged farmhouse cheddar drizzled with raw honeycomb and served alongside oat crackers. The cheese's sharpness and the honey's sweetness mirror the whiskey's malt-and-honey interplay.
Waterford Distillery, founded by former Bruichladdich managing director Mark Reynier, applies the wine concept of terroir to Irish whiskey, distilling barley from individual named farms and tracking each harvest from field through fermentation to cask.
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