The peated ex-rye whiskey single cask bottling is the third in the Na Sia Single Cask Bottlings series. 228 bottles, 61.5% ABV, natural colour, non-chill filtered.
Na Sia, meaning “the six” in Gaelic, represents the unique six cask single malt whisky recipe.
The carefully crafted Isle of Raasay Single Malt combines peated and unpeated spirit matured separately in American rye, chinkapin oak and Bordeaux red wine casks.
The Na Sia Single Cask Series showcases the distinctive flavours of each of these six signature recipe casks.
We release the six cask components of our Na Sia recipe every 2 years. The 3 unpeated casks in the first half, followed by the 3 peated casks in the second half of each year – adding two years of further maturation every time and a chance to taste our whisky as it evolves.
All released as single casks, hand-bottled and age stated. Natural cask strength, non-chill filtered.
Raasay Single Cask Bottling – Peated – Ex-Rye, single malt Scotch whisky, 61.5% abv, natural colour, non-chill filtered – 1 x 70cl (bottle)
The most common types of casks used to mature Scotch Whisky are ex-Bourbon barrels made from the most prevalent species of North American white oak, Quercus alba.
Tasting Notes
As well as the classic vanilla flavour that you get from this type of oak, we are looking for a spicier black pepper note and more of a butterscotch flavour in our ex-rye cask matured spirit. The barrels come from Woodford Reserve distillery in this instance.
