Tri Carragh – Kirkinner – 4 Year Old – 1st Fill Red Wine Octave & 2nd Fill Cheval Blanc – 59.8% ABV

TRI CARRAGH – KIRKINNER 4 YEAR – 1ST FILL RED WINE & 2ND FILL CHEVAL BLANC
Distilled April 2022 · 3 x 1st Fill Red Wine Octaves Married 9 Months · 224 Bottles

Region
Lowland
Distillery
Kirkinner (Lowland)
Age
4 years
ABV
59.8%
Cask
Red Wine Octaves + Cheval Blanc
Outturn
224 bottles
Distill Date
05/04/2022

A young Lowland malt that punches well above its age statement. Distilled April 2022, finished across three 1st fill red wine octaves married together for 9 months, with a 2nd fill Cheval Blanc cask layered into the maturation. Bottled at 59.8% cask strength. 224 bottles.

The cask architecture here is what makes this release stand out. Three small first-fill red wine casks marrying together produce concentrated wine character in a short window. Cheval Blanc adds a quiet thread of one of Bordeaux’s most celebrated estates underneath.

About Tri Carragh
Tri Carragh is Gaelic for “three pillars,” a nod to the three core ingredients that make whisky: water, barley, and yeast. The independent bottler selects single casks one at a time, choosing each one for the conversation it will start. Every release is small. Every release is final. When the bottles are gone, that cask is gone.

This release is part of Tri Carragh’s quarterly outturn and was selected by The Whiskey Lab for import to the United States.

Distillery profile
Kirkinner is Tri Carragh’s bottling name for an undisclosed Lowland distillery. Independent bottlers commonly use alternative names for casks where the source distillery has not authorized direct labelling.

The Lowland region is known for light, grassy, often triple-distilled spirit. Lowland malt is traditionally the gentlest of Scotland’s regional styles, which makes it a good canvas for active finishing casks.

At 4 years, this is a young whisky, but the combination of small octave casks and high-influence wood means the maturation curve is compressed.
The Lowland naming convention follows the same pattern as other independent bottling code names: the spirit’s character is real, the distillery name is held back at the supplier’s request.

Cask profile
The cask architecture is the story. Three 1st fill red wine octaves, each one roughly 50 litres, married together for 9 months. Octaves at first fill are the most active small-format casks available, and marrying three of them together produces a layered red wine influence rather than a single dominant note.

Underneath, the spirit also drew on a 2nd fill Cheval Blanc cask. Cheval Blanc is a Premier Grand Cru Classé estate in Saint-Émilion, producing one of Bordeaux’s most prestigious wines. The 2nd fill cask carries the estate’s fingerprint without dominating: a soft, complex red fruit and Bordeaux structure that integrates with the octave finishing.

Bottled at 59.8% cask strength, non-chill filtered, natural colour. 224 bottles total.

Specification Details
Brand Tri Carragh
Whisky style Single malt Scotch whisky
Region Lowland
Distillery Kirkinner (Lowland Distillery)
Age 4 years
ABV 59.8%
Volume 700 ml
Cask type 3 x 1st fill red wine octaves married for 9 months
Cask size Barrel

Distillation date 5 April 2022
Outturn 224 bottles
Release Tri Carragh Release 10
Cask strength Yes
Non-chill filtered Yes
Natural colour Yes