Rochfort Distillery Maxwell Mead Cask 5th Release (700ml / 55%)

Rochfort Distillery Maxwell Mead Cask 5th Release Single Malt Australian Whisky (700ml / 55%)

$499.00
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Distillation The Rochfort team have hand selected local South Australian Export Pilsner Malt which produces a rich honey coloured appearance and a highly sweet, yet smooth spirit. Using traditional methods of production, they...

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Distillation

The Rochfort team have hand selected local South Australian Export Pilsner Malt which produces a rich honey coloured appearance and a highly sweet, yet smooth spirit.

Using traditional methods of production, they pay close attention to the temperature of the water whilst “mashing in”.

The key is to make sure the grain doesn’t overheat, whilst maintaining the optimal temperature for starch conversion to sugars. 

They ferment in open top French oak fermenters for a five-day period before distilling through the custom fabricated copper wash still.

A run through the custom designed copper spirit still on day seven finalises refinement of the new make spirit.

Winery Partner

Three generations of vignerons. Everyone born and bred in McLaren Vale. But Mark Maxwell inherited more than a love for the vine and the Vale.

It’s in his blood to think beyond the ordinary. To innovate. To build everything himself. To go against the grain, and even the grape.

It’s this family, after all, that pioneered the mead industry in Australia, and set the standard for honey wine globally. Who knows what made them this way?

Barrel Selection - “Maxwell Spiced Fortified Mead Cask”

In 1960, 1000 litres of honey was harvested from the Maxwell beehives with a view to creating Australia’s first commercial mead.

Most of the honey was turned into mead with some of that mead also being spiced, fortified filled into 1960s Jim Beam bourbon barrels.

This spiced fortified mead was held in cask underground in the limestone caves at Maxwell before being moved above ground in 2008 for the final years of maturation.

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The spice of life! Loaded with rich honey and spice with huge complexity and remarkable balance, this dram has it all.

A full-bodied whisky with a luscious creamy mouthfeel, the flavours are unmistakable.

Cinnamon, star anise, cloves, nutmeg and honey drive a Christmas mince pie finish that lingers for eternity.