Starward

Octave Barrels

Starward - Octave Barrels - Bottle

About the Bottle

Projects come and Projects go… but if you’re quick you may find a bottle at leading retailer as we’re sold out online.

Starward Projects is a program which allows our Starward distillers to experiment with different whiskies and create flavour forward and unique expressions. Each release is limited and once it’s sold out, it’s gone.

We aged Octave Barrels in Yalumba’s iconic The Octavius Shiraz barrels. It’s a single malt where raisin, anise and caramel flavours meld with rich, dark fruits.

It took some of the world’s oldest Shiraz plantings, Australia’s oldest family-owned winery and Starward’s progressive red-wine-barrel maturation to make this distinctly Australian single malt.

When a whisky speaks to Australia’s wine heritage – and Australia’s whisky future – you know it’ll be delicious. Especially when it brings the bold flavours you’d expect from Barossa Shiraz barrel maturation.

Think Barossa Shiraz, and you may well think Yalumba’s The Octavius. This iconic Australian Shiraz is the world’s only red wine aged in 100L octave-sized barrels. Once The Octavius was bottled, freshly emptied barrels were sent to Port Melbourne and filled with Starward’s signature single malt.

These American oak barrels aged our whisky more intensely. The smaller volume created more wood-whisky interaction, allowing this single malt to soak up more celebrated The Octavius Shiraz characteristics as it fully matured.

Bottle Details

Region

Distillery

ABV

48%

Age

No Age Statement

Grains

Stills

Barrels

Nose

Rich, full-bodied expression. Red fruit, raisins, ripe peach, caramel and toasty oak

Palate

Viscous and long, dark forest fruits, and a toasted oak backbone

Finish

Toasted marshmallow on the finish

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