As in the past- The Spice Tree is made from 100% malt whisky sourced from northern Highland distilleries- (notably and primarily malt whisky distilled in the village of Brora). The primary maturation is in a mix of first-fill and refill American oak . Whatis different is the secondary maturation. Rather than using inner stave inserts- as we did for the original Spice Tree- we rack the whisky into barrels with heavily toasted new French oak heads. We have created a method for getting a super h eavy toast on the cask heads which imparts a flavour profile similar to the flat staves used for the original Spice Tree. 1 We use oak with three different levels of toasting on the barrel heads- thus allowing us to blend the resultant whiskies to create additional layers of complexity. This secondary maturation lasts as long as two years.
MA 91 July/2018