Spey 18yo

The Speyside Distillery is situated at the Tromie river, one of the tributaries of the Spey river, not far from Kingussie. Although they started building the distillery in 1957 production hasn't started before December 1990. Since 2012 the distillery is owned by the Harvey's of Edinburgh and they have set up a program that should rigorously improve the quality by investing in better casks leading to better finishes.

The Spey 18 years old is the third release of this distillery and has mostly matured in sherry casks. It's a vatted malt of three different ages all matured in three different casks. It was bottled at 40% ABV and is a limited edition of 1500 bottles.

Nose: a rich fruit salad with walnuts, fresh cream and berries

Palate: an explosion on the tongue with a soft texture and mouth filling flavours like dark chocolate and vanilla

Finish: medium long