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This is the mini bottle from Day 5 of the 2018 KWM Whisky Advent Calendar.
This Cadenhead 50mL mini bottle was distilled at Tomintoul in Speyside. It is a 12-year-old bottling, distilled in 2006 and matured in Bourbon Barrels. The whisky was bottled by independent bottler WM Cadenhead for their French importer Dugas, at 55.5%. Dugas didn’t take the entirety of the bottling, so the stock was made available for our Advent Calendar.
Andrew’s Tasting Note
Nose: very decadent, strawberry puff candies and caramel; French crepes with powdered sugar and lemon juice; chunky barley and Old English Butterscotch.
Palate: strawberry puzz candies and red shoelace candy; waxy, creamy and honeyed; lusher than expected; buttery French crepes, light on the powdered sugar but drowning in lemon juice; sliced apples and more chewy malt; late decadent spice.
Finish: light with tingling spices and coating oak; decadent and creamy with more strawberry, apple and lemon.
Comment: I had low expectations based on the nose, but was pleasantly surprised by the palate!
50 ml