Speyside SPEY Trutinā Cask #Batch 3

An official single malt from the Speyside Distillery, drawn from cask Batch 3 and bottled at 59.1%. 1500 bottles in all. The Speyside Distillery was raised single handed by a drystone mason over some twenty years on a former mill site by the River Tromie; it was the dream of the whisky merchant George Christie. Water comes from the River Tromie, drawn through the old mill lade that once turned the waterwheel.

It was drawn off short stills coaxed by hand towards a delicate make, for a clean, honeyed spirit of real finesse. Ex-Bourbon casks held the spirit, soft oak that lets the fruit lead. Without an age statement, the malt is clean, fruity and gently honeyed. A small, hands on operation keeps the spirit close to its maker's intent. 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 59.1%, undiluted, it is deep and honeyed. The refill oak lending honey and vanilla, with pear, honey and a fragrant lift. The texture is light and rounded, the fruit lifted by honey. Honey and orchard fruit see out a long finish. This is the hand built malt of Drumguish.