Spey Fumare

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. Under the Spey label all single malts from the Speyside distillery are launched.

The Spey Fumare is the first peated release from the Speyside distillery. The Fumare, which is latin for smoky, was first released in 2016 as a limited release of 18.000 bottles. A soft smoky Speyside single malt bottled at 46% ABV.

Nose: oily and slightly medicinal with smoke and sweet spices

Palate: roasted nuts with caramelized apples and toasted barley

Finish: charcoal with fruit compote