Isle of Raasay - Lightly-peated Hebridean Single Malt Whisky

Isle of Raasay - Lightly-peated Hebridean Single Malt Whisky

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To create the signature lightly peated style the distillers first source 100% Scottish grown barley, half of it peated and half unpeated. Each is mashed individually, and fermented for five days before distillation in lantern shaped stills. Each spirit type is then matured separately in Rye whisky, Chinkapin, or Bordeaux wine casks.

This lightly peated dram showcases the Isle of Raasay unique six-part maturation. Peated and unpeated Isle of Raasay spirit are matured separately in first fill Rye Whiskey, Chinkapin oak and first fill Bordeaux red wine casks - A first of this cask combination in Scotch whisky history.

  • Lightly peated
  • Fruity notes of cherry, apricot, black currant
  • Warming spice of black pepper, cinnamon and crystalised ginger
  • Sandalwood
  • Vanilla, butterscotch and a hint of saltiness

 

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Isle of Raasay - Hebridean Distillers

The wee Isle of Raasay lies off the west coast of Scotland in the Inner Hebrides, separated from the Isle of Skye by a short 25 minute ferry journey. Rooted in centuries of illicit distilling, Raasay provides the ingredients for the perfect dram.  

Situated on the remote Hebridean Island of the same name, Raasay Distillery was founded in 2014. While the island is no stranger to distilling, Raasay is the first legal distillery to be built there. With fewer than 200 inhabitants, Raasay is a tight knit community, the distillers aim to be at one with the island, maturing and bottling on site and employing many locals.