This is the brand new Irish Waterford distillery’s Ratheadon ( yes...sounds like a dinosaur, right up there with pteranodon). A few key facts about these guys: it’s single farm focus, with a concentration in terroir. And how cool is this——there’s a tracking code by bottle which you enter into their website, and a series of deep details are made available. So, my bottle came from Ratheadon farm, Irina barley sown Aug 11, 2015, fermented May 10, 2016, 2 day distillation, matured till February 6, 2020 and bottled June 2, 2020. Only 2000 bottles, with only 1400 made for sale...and ONLY in Ireland. Even provides a Google map of the terroir, soil type ( surface water clay), cask composition, and how many liters were in each cask!! My god, 700 tastings in over 10 years and I’ve never seen such level of detail! Needless to say...with such small micro-production, these first releases (farms from Bannow Island, Ballyclavin, and Ratheadon ) sold out in minutes...and we’re not talking silly money. I paid only $60 for mine. You’ll see them now in secondary for 3-5x the original price. I don’t comment usually on art and bottling—-but was really impressed by the bottle. Elegant dark blue, heavy, with a solid glass stopper. Okay—-so, they have clearly the transparency, technology, price affordability, and focus on quality ...but how’s the liquid? For $60...I wasn’t expecting much. At first...Until obviously I saw the details. But wow...for $60, I don’t think I’ve had anything better. This is not like any Irish I’ve ever had. As with most 42%+ ABV, I had to add a few drops of water to mine. The nose was at first underwhelming—-typical malty, bread-y. But the palette shines—-fruit is there, but it’s combined with a maritime salty taste. Almost like a Talisker 18. In fact, tasted blind, I would’ve mistaken this for Talisker 18. At such a young age, it’s mature...a product of obsessive focus on quality. Of the new distilleries, I think it was Bimber that had impressed me most with new offerings. Before that, probably Kilchoman...and that was 10 years ago. This is better. Hey...newbie distilleries in US and Scotland...ya’ll should be taking notes from these guys...