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Share a Moment this ChristmasCardhu 21 Year Old Bot.2013
70cl / 54.2%
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Considered by many to be the hidden gem (and bargain) of Diageo's 2013 Special Releases is this 21 year old vintage Cardhu. A distillery that's not that well known on these shores (although is huge in spain), this is a delicate yet complex whisky, with balanced sweet fruit and dark woodiness.
Tasting Notes (2)Flavour Profile
Style
- Body
- Richness
- Smoke
- Sweetness
Character
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Mint
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Orange
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Cherry
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Hazelnut
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Dark Chocolate
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Butter
Facts
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Bottler
Distillery Bottling
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Age
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Bottling Date
2013
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Country
Scotland
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Region
Speyside
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Colouring
Yes
Tasting Notes
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Tasting Notes by Billy A
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Nose
Sweet and spicy with green leaves and a drying minerality. Sweet fruit (crunchy green apple and papaya pieces), waxy touches and sweet flowering meadows are balanced by a touch of something almost balsamic-like.
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Palate
Syrupy up front with pine needles and salted caramel. It has a growing spiciness with chilli touches that breaks into green wood, spiced bark, green apple skins and sweet citrus. As it sits it develops some buttery notes with some darker sugars.
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Finish
Sweet butter, honey, old polished wood and vanilla fudge.
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Comment
A delicate dram that many people missed out on after killing their palates earlier in the evening. A balancing act of dark and light flavours that comes out on top, although maybe not for those who want a dram to give them a slap.
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Producer's Note
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Appearance
Old gold; richer amber depths. Good beading.
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Nose
Mild and at first quite shy. An early creamy, fruity note of vanilla and boiled sweets (bubble gum!) is faintly underscored by a rich, floral perfume with a cleansing edge. The creamy fruitiness persists as dried figs, rum-and-raisin ice cream, red apple skins and beeswax. Later a malty, biscuity base layer is revealed, as the cleansing edge becomes a sharply defined top layer. Overall, it’s a richer vanilla custard and fruit trifle creaminess that emerges. Water opens things out, raising both fruit and floral scents slightly, the boiled sweets now mandarin-flavoured.
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Body
Fine and light.
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Palate
At natural strength, smooth and savoury, with light acidity. Clean, refined, pleasantly drying and delicate. Then wonderfully aromatic with notes of black cherry; growing spicy, warming and elegant, with nutty, dark chocolate offset by buttery shortbread. It’s even softer with a drop of water. Now the taste starts cooler and sweeter; still savoury (mint on a fresh fruit salad) but also newly spicy across the tongue.
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Finish
Long, aromatic and warming; smooth vanilla balanced by juicy tangerine and faint orange oil with spicy cedar, late silky-smooth dryness and a wisp of smoke.
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