Speyside SPEY Tenné Cask #Batch 2

A distillery bottling from the Speyside Distillery, drawn from cask Batch 2 and bottled at 58.6%. A release of 1500 bottles. The Speyside Distillery, raised single handed by a drystone mason over some twenty years on a former mill site by the River Tromie, is the source of the SPEY malts. It stood in for the fictional Lagganmore in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen.

It was drawn off short stills coaxed by hand towards a delicate make, for a clean, honeyed spirit of real finesse. A Port cask shaped it, the red fruit meeting the light spirit. With no age statement, it shows a light, fruity body and a honeyed lift. The cool upper Spey climate gives a slow, even maturation over the years. The first single malt, Drumguish, was released in 1993 after three years in the warehouse. The distillery played the fictional Lagganmore in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen.

At cask strength 58.6% it is full bodied. The Port cask adds plum, red berry and raisin, and the refill oak lending honey and vanilla runs under a clean, honeyed fruitiness. A dried fruit and a gentle oak spice give it depth. The finish is rounded, honeyed and soft. This is a delicate Speysider from the upper Spey.