Filey Bay Orange Wine Barrique 2017/

Filey Bay is produced in the Spirit of Yorkshire distillery in the north of England. The northern English county is considered the centre of English barley cultivation. So it's no wonder that only locally grown barley is used at The Spirit of Yorkshire. Distilled in 2017, Filey Bay Orange Wine Barrique was matured in barrique barrels that had previously been filled with Vino Naranja del Conado de Huelva, an intense orange liqueur wine. The production process is similar to that of other liqueur wines, but with one major difference: the grape must used to enrich the base wine was flavoured with orange peel before ageing. The cask absorbed the characteristics of the orange liqueur wine and passed them on to the Filey Bay Single Malt with fruity, spicy orange notes. The maturation process, which lasted over 7 years, initially took place for 3 years and 3 months in former bourbon casks to soften the raw whisky. For a further 3 years and 10 months, the English whisky was transferred to orange wine casks and refined.