Isle of Raasay Distillery Special Release Rye and Sherry Double Cask 2022

 

 

 

52°

Distillery : Isle of Raasay - Islands

Ex-Rye Whiskey Cask and Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez Sherry Quarter Casks Finish

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2022

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured

Peated around 48 ppm

 

 

 

Following the success of the first Distillery Special Release 2021, these gentlemen at Raasay are attempting a second edition of exactly the same product. A first maturation in Woodford Reserve Rye Whiskey casks, and a second in Sherry Quarter Casks, to speed up the ageing process. This time we have the exact production figure, 8556 bottles. It must not be more than three years old.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

Leathery, apples, orange compote, mandarins, cinnamon and cardamom, mirabelle plums. Woody hints, rather exotic wood, bay leaves. Bewitching, fairly discreet smoke, loaded with a hint of soot. The palate seemed to me very smooth, more on dried fruits than red fruits, apricots, quinces, dates and bananas, rich spices that envelop without assaulting, leading to a powerful, long finish on heather, eucalyptus, forest berries and a few wild strawberries. Tree bark, humus.

 

In Short, 

I am surprised, having tasted the first edition a year earlier, and this one seems to me to be much more mature, with a richer nose and a more powerful finish. It's a very fine bottling, which completes what was initiated with the previous one. If possible, you should get this one, even if the price is still a bit high.

Score : 87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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