Speyside SPEY 12 Years Old

Brume Dorèe – Cask Strength

700ml / 57.6%

Single Malt

$118

A Speyside Distillery single malt, a 12 year old, from the distillery, at 57.6%. Clean and floral, with dried fruit and a dry spice. Apple and honey in fine balance. A hand made malt from Drumguish. Fresh fruit over a light malt. The work of one mason’s twenty years. Pretty, peaceful and small in scale. A delicate dram worth seeking out.

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SKU SPD007 Categories Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Speyside, Whiskey Brand: Speyside

Description

This Speyside Distillery single malt, an official release, a 12 year old Speyside malt and bottled at 57.6%. Hand built over two decades by the stonemason Alex Fairlie in the Cairngorm foothills near Kingussie, the Speyside Distillery is one of Scotland's smallest. The SPEY range and the dark Beinn Dubh are bottled by Harvey's of Edinburgh.

The spirit was run slow through small copper stills for a light, fruity spirit, to build a fresh, orchard fruit character. A French oak cask added a dry, gentle spice. Around ten to fifteen years the malt gains a fuller honey over the fruit. The light, fragrant make takes cask character readily across maturation. Set in the Cairngorm foothills, it counts among Scotland's prettiest distilleries. Harvey's whisky heritage runs back to 1770 and the founding of Bruichladdich. Quality over quantity has always been the watchword of this tiny distillery.

At a natural 57.6% it is full and fruity. The French oak adds a dry, gentle spice, and fragrant honey and ripe fruit meet a quiet vanilla from the refill oak. Soft orchard fruit and vanilla sit behind the sweetness. It finishes clean, fresh and fruity. This is a gentle, honeyed Speyside malt.