62°
Distillery : Isle of Raasay - Islands
Chinkapin Virgin Oak Cask
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
The Na Sia Single Cask series seems endless, with bottlings coming thick and fast, leaving us spoiled for choice. Here we have the contents of a virgin Chinkapin Oak cask, distilled in 2019 and bottled fairly recently, so the age of 5 years seems logical. Anyway, each batch in the series is released every two years, 3 years, 5 years, and soon 7 years, up to 11 years. It is therefore impossible in principle for the whisky to be 4 years old. The scientific name for Chinkapin oak is Quercus Muehlenbergii, it is an American oak. It is intensely toasted, which reveals the natural sugars in the wood.
Let's Taste It :
The woodiness is immediately intense, chiselled bark, sawdust, wood chips. White chocolate, pastry cream, a hint of smoke. Pine needles, white grapes, vanilla pod. Very light citrus fruits, chalky notes, refreshing iodine. On the palate, it is pleasant and smooth, liquid caramel, fir resin, thick honey. Pink plums, lively spices, crushed almonds and cereals. The finish is long and powerful, destructive, dry earth, hot chestnuts, hazelnuts and walnuts, young wood, grassy notes. Whitewash.
In Short,
It's very intense, but not at all bitter or sickening. The wood is very present throughout the tasting, but coated with caramel, honey and resin, which makes it pleasant and successful overall. I think it can mainly be found in France, at a price that I find a little too high. But it's an experience worth trying.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
IzzI RAI - The Talk
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