Raasay Peated Sherry Cask Cask #21/1514

This official Isle of Raasay single malt from the Distillery Special Release, from cask 21/1514 and bottled at 59.3%. Raasay is the first legal distillery on the Isle of Raasay, a small island in the Inner Hebrides off Skye. Water comes from Tobar na Ba Baine, the Well of the Pale Cow, a spring and borehole on the island.

The spirit was run through the distillery's Italian built pot stills on mineral rich island water, after slow fermentation with a two stage distillers and Champagne yeast. A sherry cask wrapped the young spirit in dried fruit and a nutty depth. Carrying no age, it leans on vivid fruit and active cask character. Active wood and a vibrant new make mean the cask speaks early in the whisky's life. Every bottle is natural in colour and free of chill filtration. The Na Sia single casks let drinkers taste each thread of the six cask recipe. A population of around 160 makes Raasay one of Scotland's smallest distilling islands.

At a hearty 59.3% it carries real punch. The Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez sherry bring raisin, date, fig and walnut with a clean coastal lift behind. It is fresh and vivid, the young spirit shining through. A bright, berry led finish lingers. This is a modern Hebridean single malt.