Drago Finest Grain Whiskey is made 100% with wheat, of autochthonous varieties grown in the north of the island of La Palma: 85% of raw wheat toasted "pelón y barbilla" and 15% malted wheat "moro".
Malting is a sprouting and drying process that can be applied to any cereal, usually barley. It is in the process of toasting the cereal that its smoky character is printed, normally attributed to peat, a very abundant species of charcoal in Scotland. In this whiskey, this toasting process is carried out by slow and flameless combustion of noble woods such as heather, oak, beech or cedar, as well as the famous TEA canary pine, which provides interesting balsamic notes in its combustion.
The distillation is carried out in simple copper column from the end of the 19th century with direct burning of wood. A liquor with a lighter profile is obtained for the toasted grain, distilling between 75-80% vol. and a somewhat heavier profile in the case of malts, between 60-65% vol., thus preserving all the character of the cereal, all its aroma and flavor, and maintaining with great intensity the different levels of smoky notes.
Maturation is carried out completely in new Iberian oak barrels (Quercus Pyrenaica) of 225 liters which, due to its rough and complex profile, provides spicy, balsamic and citrus notes, together with vanillas and mild starches, which transfer elegance and smoothness to grain whiskeys.
As a fundamental and final part, the product is hydrated with water, an element of great importance in the production of whiskey, using pure water from the natural aquifers of Marcos and Cordero on the island from La Palma.
