Raasay Na Sia Single Cask Series 4 Years Old 2018 (61.5%)

This Isle of Raasay single malt from the Na Sia Single Cask Series, a 4 year old island malt, distilled in 2018, from cask 18/690 and bottled at 61.5%. Raasay is a modern island distillery, the first legal one on this small Hebridean isle off the coast of Skye. Raasay released its first single malt in 2020, three years after the first spirit ran.

Distilled on water from the island well in Italian built copper stills, the make carried a blackberry fruit from its long fermentation. A wine cask shaped it, dark fruit threading through the spirit. Only a few years old, it is fresh and lively, the active wood already deep. The spirit is bottled at natural colour and without chill filtration, true to the house. The island had a long history of illicit distilling before the first legal still arrived. Mineral rich water from the island well shapes the spirit before it meets the cask.

At a natural 61.5% it is bold and full. The wine cask adds blackberry, plum and a red berry lift, with a soft island smoke behind. Beneath it run blackberry, vanilla and a touch of spice. Berry fruit and vanilla draw out the close. This is a young, vibrant island malt from Raasay.