63,5°
Distillery : Isle of Raasay - Islands
1st Fill Ex-Bordeaux Red Wine Cask
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2021
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
At a tasting in 2023, the demonstrator discreetly placed this vial in my hand. This is a juice aged for 36 months in first-fill Bordeaux red wine barrels. This is one of the three types of casks used for the famous Nia Sia recipe, which is elaborated for the production of Raasay Single Malts, in its unpeated version. Here it's just a 5cl sample, the alcohol content is not indicated, but on their website they specify that all their samples have approximately the same alcohol content, around 63,5°. In September 2022, the first 700ml bottling was made from the same barrel, in Single Cask. I assume that the sample I tasted is very close to this bottling, as the difference in ageing is only a few months. The alcohol content of the bottle is 61.8°.
Let's Taste It :
Sweet, cereal-like, astringent, dry hay, hints of sea iodine, velvety fruits, creamy vanilla. Peanut butter, oily honey, sweet almond milk. Tide and sea breeze, sea spray. A crust of salt. A few citrus fruits in the background. Silky on the palate. The smoothness of the wine, very liquid honey, then rather strong spices, cumin, black pepper, another trail of salt. Woody hazelnuts. Explosive finish, banana, cola, roasted corn, vanilla ice cream, milk chocolate.
In Short,
It's not bad at all, the alcohol isn't too noticeable, nor is the youth of the product. The influence of the red wine is very slight, adding only a velvety and fruity character to this rather costal and cereal distillate, which makes for a good blend. On the distillery's website, samples of the same type are for sale, so don't hesitate to take a few, it could be interesting.
Score : 87
To Be Listened While Sippinng :
Thurisaz - Years of Silence
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