Spey Tenné Cask Strength Batch 2 (58,6%)

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 Tenné is a +/- 8 year old release that has matured in Tawny port casks. Tenné literally means Tawny in Gaelic. This is Batch 2 of their Cask Strength releases. This time bottled at 58,6% ABV, non chill filtered and with no added colour, as a limited release of 1500 bottles.

Nose: dark fruit with white spices, mascarpone with cherry sauce followed by more chocolate and a hint of oak

Palate: more chocolate combined with smoldering oak, berries, cherries and freshly baked toffee cake

Finish: warming spices with dark caramel and berry jelly