Ignis Templi
Recipe Year XXX
To make this whisky, we start with pilsner malt which we ferment into malt wine, and then we distill this wine.
The distillate was aged for more than three years in medium toasted French oak barrels. Because our distillation technique is so slow, the vapours during distillation are always in balance, allowing us to have complete control over the composition of the heart of the distillate: only the best fraction is selected for aging. Ignis Templi is a delicate golden whisky, with notes of malt, vanilla, and a long aftertaste of butter.
The aging process is designed to allow sharp flavours in a distillate to react away, making the whisky smoother, but we start from a distillate of very high quality. Therefore, we confidently place our whisky alongside a whisky that has aged for more than 20 years.
The name Ignis Templi is based on the location where the whisky has aged: a Celtic cult site, 'The Burning Field', from the Iron Age around 500 BC. Here, the dead were burned during a veneration rite.
Ignis is Latin for Fire, and Templi stands for temple, sacred ground. In the late 1980s, archaeological excavations were conducted at this site.
The label features a Celtic warrior, surrounded by the alchemical symbols for fire, earth, and spirit. The Celtic cross is also present, symbolising the 4 cardinal directions according to which the cult site was oriented.
