Cadenhead Creations 22 Year Blended Malt
$169.99
Region:Scotland > Other
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Only 12 bottles of this Blended Malt Scotch Whisky are coming to Canada, exclusively to KWM. Built around Ben Nevis single malt, it was blended with Blair Athol and Tomintoul, all distilled in 1996. The whiskies were married together in 2007, spending most of their lives marrying together in a Hogshead. The whisky has been called "Light, Fruity, Syruppy", and is bottled at 45%. 91pts Whisky Fun!
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Sweet, juicy fruits, butterscotch and pink peppercorns. Quite waxy on the nose.
Palate: Chewy, old fashioned sweet shop with fruitier notes coming through - raspberries, blueberries and strawberries with golden syrup.
Finish: More golden syrup, toffee apples, kiwi and then some plantain and lime juice.
91pts Whisky Fun
"Said to contain Ben Nevis, Blair Athol and Tomintoul. With Ben Nevis inside, I suppose it won’t be only ‘Light Fruity Syrupy’. What’s to be noted here is that the three malts were blended together in 2007 already. So a long marriage (which are the best - says my dear wife). Colour: straw. Nose: yep. Ben Nevis takes the lead from the first second (could be that they’ve used the BN cask for the marriage – just a personal remark). Butterscotch, clay, soot, plasticine, pinewood smoke, liquorice wood, some burnt apples (very Ben Nevis indeed), a small sulphury meatiness, some fresh sawn wood, some garden peat, black earth… Well, what a nose! I love it. Mouth: woo-ooh! Who did the blending back in 2007? Works extremely well, it’s actually amazing that one of the lightest malts around (Tomintoul) and one of the heaviest (Ben Nevis) manage to tango this well. Could be that Blair Athol makes for a perfect go-between. What’s really cool as well with these long marriages, is that there’s a feeling of a proper ‘whole’, almost as if this was some single malt whisky. Excuse me? What does it taste like? Like a slightly lighter Ben Nevis. Finish: rather long, perfect, slightly smoky. Exceptionally good. Comments: I guess my little score will shock a few citizens of Whiskydom, but really, I’ve totally emptied my tasting glass and even took a few more drops. Please don’t tell anyone. SGP:562 - 91 points."