High N' Wicked

Single Malt Irish Whiskey, 'Rose Tattoo - Ex-Amarone Cask'

Single Malt Irish Whiskey, 'Rose Tattoo - Ex-Amarone Cask'

Single Malt Irish Whiskey Rose Tattoo ExAmarone Cask
  • Limited edition single malt Irish whiskey sourced, finished, and bottled by High N’ Wicked
  • Tenth release from High N’ Wicked’s Limited Singular Series
  • Distilled at Royal Oak Distillery in County Carlow, Ireland
  • Triple distilled in copper pot stills from 100% malted barley sourced entirely from County Carlow
  • Aged primarily in ex–bourbon barrels and finished for 8 months in ex–Amarone wine casks; non-age statement
  • Aromas of caramelized pear, apple pie filling, brown sugar, and candied cherry with hints of thyme and lavender precede a full, expressive palate of cocoa, honey butter, black tea, and red wine tannin
  • Non-chill filtered; bottled at a cask strength of 59.9% ABV

For the tenth expression in High N’ Wicked’s Limited Singular Series, Royal Oak Distillery malt is finished in French oak casks previously used for three rotations of Amarone wine (a low-acid wine from Verona produced using partially dried grapes) from Famiglia Pasqua, a prestigious Italian vineyard operating since 1925. These finishing casks impart rich red fruit and tannin to Royal Oak’s triple-distilled malt, making for a potent and memorable marriage.

Info

Producer:
High N' Wicked
Vintage:
NV
Country:
United States
Region:
Kentucky
Spirit Type:
Irish Whiskey
Spirit Sub Type:
Single Malt / Malt / Pure Malt

Sizes Available

Full Bottle US-XHW-23-NV 6/750ml

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Press & Reviews

VinePair
Score
94
Date
2025-03-13
"The 10th expression in High N' Wicked's Limited Singular Series, this non-age-statement release employs ex-Amarone casks for a finishing period of eight months as its USP. But if you were to blind taste us on this whiskey, red wine wouldn't crop up in our first five guesses for finishing cask, such is the attractive and approachable orchard and stone fruit profile on the nose. We'd likely be similarly stumped by the 59.9 percent ABV — its cask-strength heat barely registering during each sniff. If the nose is all about what this whiskey is not — or what it doesn't appear to be — the palate shifts back into place in a way that everything makes sense but simultaneously defies expectations…it's an achievement to be celebrated, and a dram to geekily tinker with, adjusting ABV to taste and appreciating its ever richer depth of flavors and complex texture."