Pōkeno Whisky uses only the finest New Zealand Ingredients to craft their range of single malts.
They use pure spring water, rich in iron and manganese, that comes from the volcanic hills that surround their valley. It takes 100 years to make its way down to the spring beneath the distillery.
Their barley is grown by three family owned farms in the south Island of New Zealand. The terroir and climate creates extra sweetness and flavour, which they then highlight with an extra-long 90-hour fermentation period and an extra slow distillation to achieve the flavour they want.
“We are obviously very proud to have New Zealand’s only Cooperage at the distillery, and to have started crafting barrels out of New Zealand native wood.”
“As craft distillers we are able to focus on quality over quantity, doing things our way not the easy way.”
