The Hearach - Isle of Harris Whisky


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Description

TASTING NOTES

  • PEAT SMOKE
  • APPLE SAUCE
  • TOASTED MALT
  • WILDFLOWERS
  • SPICE
  • CANDIED SWEETS
  • CLOTTED CREAM

700ml / 46% ABV

Non-chill filtered / No artificial colouring.

THE STORY

The Hearach is the first, historic single malt whisky from our island distillery and the Isle of Harris. Like the iconic Harris Tweed cloth created here for generations, our whisky is woven from the hands of island people and the place we call home, intimately intertwining to produce an elegant spirit of complexity and character. This special connection between people and place continues to this day, with every drop created by Isle of Harris hands here in the Outer Hebrides. Our recipe uses spirit matured in ex-bourbon casks, oloroso and fino butts.

THE INFLUENCE OF AN ISLAND

We believe our water sourced from Abhainn Cnoc a’ Charrain is the softest of any Scottish distillery. Only very low sodium and chlorine minerals are measured, likely derived from the sea spray that blows over our village isthmus.

The rivers and streams of north Harris flow over Lewisian gneiss, some of the oldest rocks on earth, dated by radiometric techniques at between 2.4 billion and 2.6 billion years old. Its hardness helps ensure the extremely low minerality of our source water.

After longer fermentations and hands-on distillation in our bespoke copper stills, our oak casks, chosen when visiting Kentucky and Spain, are brought to bear. The chaos in the casks then ensues by the shores of the Atlantic, near the west-coast village of Ardhasaig.

Despite our northerly latitude, our island’s oceanic climate benefits from the currents of the Gulf Stream. This system keeps seasonal temperatures remain remarkably stable, which we believe benefits our maturation process.

The final, hard to define, element of our whisky-making is our natural way of working which brings patience to what we do, from fermentation to marrying. Ours are slow whiskies and we look forward to sharing them at a different pace.

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