Description

Glenmorangie The Cadboll Estate Aged 15 Years Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Batch No.2 (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 43%           Age: 15 Years Old           Country: Scotland

Glenmorangie distillery lies just north of Tain, on the wind-swept coastline of Easter Ross. The distillery has only sixteen distillery workers – two for each of its eight stills. These stills are the tallest found in the Highlands, of the same design as those used in the 1880’s which were actually second-hand gin stills. Their height means that only the purest vapours reach their necks and condense. The owners Macdonald and Muir take great care in cask selection, using US oak from the Osark mountains. The ‘designer hogsheads’ which they began to use in 1995 (when the charming Mr Bill Lumsden arrived at the company) are now showing dividends in the wonderful Artisan Cask. They also use a hard water source, which is unusual.

From Glenmorangie’s Cadboll Estate range, which is made using single-estate barley, Batch No.2 has been aged for 15 years in American oak bourbon casks. The Cadboll Estate range from Glenmorangie aims to give an uncomplicated, true expression of Highland single malt Scotch whisky, and it does just that.

Bottled at 43% alc/vol with no chillfiltration and no added colour.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: A beautiful bouquet of vanilla and oak, waxy orange peels, soft spice.

Palate: Malt sweetness, stewed apples and baking spices, soft caramel sweetness and warm oak.

Finish: Medium to long with fresh malted barley, lingering oak, and soft spices.