Standard pre-heating takes place: the cold wash is transferred to the wash still, going through a heat exchanger. Uniquely, pre-heating is carried out of the low wines and feints in the spirit still during the night before, allowing reflux to commence a full night before distillation. Our distillation times reflect this slow process, with copper contact being maximised. The wash still takes a minimum of 6 hours to distil 5000 litres. Our foreshots in the spirit still are run for a minimum of 30 minutes and only when the production staff are happy that the spirit is ready, do they start to collect it for filling to cask.