Cadenhead's Whisky Shop and Tasting Room

Dear Cadenhead's Customer,

We are pleased to inform you that the long anticipated September bottlings have arrived in the shop. Please see the tasting notes below to help you decide on these wonderful casks that have just been bottled.

Also, we have added to our whisky tasting evenings, from now on we will be holding whisky tasting evenings on the second and last Thursday of every month. The next tasting evening will take place on Thursday 29 October, which will be a ‘Trip around Scotland’ tasting tour at £25 per person.

Speaking about tastings, as we are getting closer to Christmas, and some people are already planning their corporate entertainment for the period. If you are interested in doing a tasting with us, please book well in advance in order to avoid disappointment.

Best regards,
Martin

Tasting Notes

SPEYSIDE
Aberlour-Glenlivet Distillery (Madeira) 1995 56.7%
Nose: Sweet; sherbet lemon; marzipan; winter fruits and cloves.
Palate: Very sweet and buttery; cloves and spice.

Glenlivet (Minmore) Distillery 1988 21y/o 55.7%
Nose: Buttery sugar and lemongrass.
Palate: Very sweet. Melon, chocolate and cocoa beans. Oily and malty.

Tormore Distillery 1984 25y/o 58%
Nose: Steak pie and gravy but conversely sweet with candy, marzipan, icing sugar and ripe raspberries.
Palate: Sweet and smooth. Cinnamon, grass/hay and spicy. Highland toffee and
banoffee pie.

NORTH HIGHLAND
Balblair Distillery 1990 19y/o 55.7%
Nose: Sweet with toffee and ripe peaches.
Palate: Lively with spice and dried fruits.

EAST HIGHLAND
Fettercairn Distillery (Rum) 1993 16y/o 56.8%
Nose: Sweet vanilla, banana and coconut. Lots of rum characteristics and cinnamon.
Palate: Sweet, smooth and spicy with a lingering peppery whisky/rum flavour. Excellent balance.

ISLAY
Bowmore Distillery 1992 17y/o 54.8% Cask 4252
Nose: Smoky sweet. Tar, burning embers and medicinal.
Palate: Dry smoke; burning embers. Smoked fish; kippers. Sweet and round.

Bowmore Distillery 1992 17y/o 54.9% ask 4253
Nose: Dry and perfumed. Caramel toffee with hints of peat/smoke.
Palate: Dry smoke with hints of spice. Smooth and fruity with lingering smoke and burning embers.

Laphroaig Distillery 11y/o 61.3% Cask 700112
Nose: Mellow smoke, toffee apples and malty.
Palate: Immediately sweet and fruity before the sour smokiness takes over. Reassuringly peaty with a long, lingering finish.

Laphroaig Distillery 11y/o 61.1% Cask 700117
Nose: Mild seaweed, subdued vanilla. Malt oak, coffee and cream.
Palate: Well balanced oak, peat and sweetness. Cloves and phenols.

ISLAND
Arran Distillery (Fino Sherry) 1996 13y/o 55.2%
Nose: Burnt matches. Wine, fruit and caramel with dry fino notes.
Palate: Sweet caramel and chocolate. Smooth and lingering.

Ledaig Distillery 1993 16y/o 55.7%
Nose: Mild smoke in the background. Vanilla and butter with a sea breeze brininess.
Palate: Butterscotch and vanilla. Smooth and elegant.

WORLD WHISKIES
New Zealand
Lammerlaw from Wilson’s Distillery, Dunedin 10y/o 46.8%
Nose: Sweet confectionery and fruit.
Palate: Water melon and pineapple with hints of mint. Very easy drinking with a smooth dry finish.