Eifel Whisky Peated Rye is a blended whisky made with 40% unpeated malted barley, 40% unpeated wheat and 20% heavily peated malted barley, aged for a minimum of seven years. The whisky is produced at the Eifel Distillery in Germany and bottled at 92 proof. The unpeated distillate is aged in first-fill American oak red Bordeaux casks, while the peated malt is aged in red wine casks with re-charred German oak heads. It is priced at around $75.
Nose and palate are far apart, though the finish brings them together. The ashy peat is still going minutes later. If the flavors were balanced throughout, this would score far higher, but for now it needs a bit more balancing for me.