Origin: Speyside (Scotland)
Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Gradation: 56.2%ABV
Ageing casks: Ex-Sherry Butt
Chillfiltered: No
Added coloring: No
Owner: J & A Mitchell & Co Ltd.
Average price: € 114.00
Official website: www.cadenhead.scot
Vote: 87/100
The Small Batch series from independent bottler Cadenhead’s often offers gems, bottles produced in limited numbers, the product of non-trivial ageing, following the company’s tradition.
Here I find myself with a sample taken from a 1997 distillate aged until February 2018 in three Sherry butts, which produced 1,524 cask strength bottles.
Obviously natural colour and no chillfiltration – the premise is great!
Tasting notes
Copper in the glass.
Warm and spicy nose of nutmeg, sandalwood, ripe figs, maple syrup, candied orange, roasted nuts, cocoa. Leather in the background. There is also a fresh note, a balsamic puff that caresses the aromas.
The alcohol content makes itself felt in a biting note of ginger on a full-bodied malt, with chilli chocolate just to reiterate the concept. Berries and ripe figs, crème brûlée, salt crystals, roasted peanuts, coffee powder. In the background, more leather roughness.
Long, spicy finish with sweet and salty notes along with roasted coffee and leather.
A silky, three-dimensional whisky with a well-integrated alcohol content and balanced sherried notes despite its age, with some mottling that makes it interesting and original.
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