Starward ‘Octave Barrles’ Single Malt Whisky 700ml 48%

A limited release – matured in Barossa Shiraz barrels.

Details
700ml: 48%alc
Cask Type: Shiraz
Region: Port Melbourne, Victoria
Bottler: Starward
Fill date: 2018
Bottled: 2021

Description
Sold out at the distillery, this limited expression is one popular whisky!
Fully matured in Yalumba’s The Octavius Shiraz barrels, these smaller barrels offer a more intense and richer flavoured whisky. It’s pure Starward, taking wine barrels and recoopering them in to Octaves. They call it “Australian heritage reinvented.”

Starward comments;
“Think Barossa shiraz, and for many, Yalumba’s The Octavius will be the first to come to mind. Yalumba is Australia’s oldest family-owned vineyard. The Octavius is made from some of the world’s oldest shiraz vines. It’d be hard to find another wine so deep-rooted in Australia’s wine heritage.

The 100L octave-sized barrels have lent Octave Barrels a bigger, bolder flavour. These robust little vessels have aged Starward’s whisky more intensely. The smaller volume creates more wood-whisky interaction compared to standard wine barrels. And it’s left its mark on this single malt.”