The Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, has today announced the launch of a new limited-edition whisky.

Filey Bay Orange Wine Barrique (46.2% ABV) is a 7 Year Old single malt, which was initially matured in ex-Bourbon casks for three years and three months, before being re-racked into orange wine casks for a further three years and 10 months.

This latest release, is said to be characterised as soft and fruity, with flavours of orange cake, honeycomb, ripe citrus and stone fruits.

Commenting on the launch, Joe Clark, Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, Whisky Director, said: “Over the last few years, deep within our warehouse, four ex-orange wine barriques have been happily maturing for this deliciously different special release. But this isn’t the skin-contact orange wine you’d expect to find on the list of your local artisan wine bar. Vino Naranja del Condado de Huelva is exclusively made with Protected Designation of Origin “Condado de Huelva”. This particular orange wine is made in a similar way to other fortified wines. However, the key difference is that the grape spirit used to ‘fortify’ the base wine has been aromatised with orange peel.”

Joe went on to say: “The natural reduction of strength over many years in the orange wine casks is a big part of what makes this whisky so smooth and delicious. Unlike the powerful cask-strength whisky, these casks were filled with mature whisky at a reduced strength of 50% abv in March 2021. In the intervening years the abv has slowly slipped away as the angels took their share. In this very rare example, the strength in the bottle of 46.2% is the strength that the whisky reached in the cask all on its own with no final reduction before bottling. It’s a process that requires constant checking of the casks to make sure the whisky is bottled at precisely the right time.”

Limited to 1,100 bottles, Filey Bay Orange Wine Barrique, is now available directly from the distillery and select specialist retailers, for a RRP of £85.00.