This single malt from the Raasay distillery joins the first instalment of its Na Sia Through the Ages Series. The collection breaks down the unique six-cask recipe used by the distillery to create its classic Isle of Raasay Single Malt – in which peated and unpeated spirit are matured separately in a selection of American rye, chinkapin oak, and Bordeaux red wine casks before blending. With Na Sia, we get to try each of these six parts individually! Here we have a five-year-old unpeated single malt, matured in a chinkapin oak cask and bottled at cask strength.
Chinkapin Oak is a relatively rare wood, making this bottling all the more special. The oak for these casks was sourced from the US, it was highly charred, giving the spirit the gorgeous colour.
Tasting Notes
Official Tasting Notes The fresh charring of the cask brings a rich colour and flavour early on in the maturation process, and the high toast caramelises the natural sugars in the wood. Expect sweet toffee and butterscotch on the nose, with vibrant dark fruit flavours and deep, rich colours at a young age.
About Raasay
Co-founders Bill Dobbie and Alasdair Day first met in 2013 and formed R&B Distillers with the common goal of building Scotland’s leading artisanal distiller. Focusing on local production, provenance, quality and doing things differently.
By 2015, they had identified the Isle of Raasay as providing the ingredients for the perfect dram, and planning permission to begin work revitalising the Isle of Raasay’s nineteenth century Borodale House into a state-of-the-art distillery, visitor centre, and luxury accommodation was granted in 2016.
Starting with a blank sheet of paper, they set about designing a distillery to create exceptional whisky that develops elegance, complexity, and depth early on in the maturation process and a handcrafted Hebridean gin that encapsulates Raasay’s style, character and impressive geological variety.
61.6% ABV
