#4 M&H DISTILLERY
Israeli Single Malt Whisky
Cask: Pomegranate Wine
Distilled: 26/02/2019
Bottled: 26/03/2023
57% VOL / 50CL
1 of 398 bottles
Tastes like:
Medjool Dates
Salted Caramel
Cherry Pie
10% of the profit of each sale will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to help provide medical care around the world.
THIS MADE THE CUT BECAUSE
Israel’s first whisky distillery, M&H encapsulates the flavours and terroirs of its homeland within a bottle, and this whisky does just that. Not only is it fully matured in a pomegranate wine cask, but it’s also spent some of its time maturing in their warehouse by the Dead Sea —the lowest point on earth. A single sip of this whisky instantly transports us back to the Tel Aviv sunshine and its laid-back vibe.
PAIRING SUGGESTIONS
A whisky that’s all juicy, autumnal fruits and bright pomegranate needs a beer that’s also along these lines to complement - cue London Brick, Red Rye Ale from The Kernal.
Looking to enjoy a lower abv half + half (something we’re a big fan of) - we love pairing this Heart Cut bottling with Big Drop’s Galactic Milk Stout.
OTHER COOL THINGS ABOUT THIS WHISKY
Pomegranate Wine Cask. Derived from pomegranates, pomegranate wine is an alcoholic beverage often laid to rest and mellow in oak casks. Those ripe pomegranate, roasted coffee + dried fig notes you may detect in this whisky? Yep - that’s what the cask brings to the party.
Aged by the Dead Sea. From February 2021 to July 2022 this cask was relocated from M&H’s Tel Aviv warehouse to their one situated near the Dead Sea. As earth’s lowest point, the Dead Sea presents an exceptionally hot and arid environment, where temperatures frequently soar to 50°C. Within this setting, more water than alcohol evaporates from the cask due to the intense heat and dry humidity. This unique ageing process intensifies the flavour congeners within the cask, and enables it to narrate a compelling story of the diverse terroirs found across Israel.
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