Product description
Craigellachie Distillery is situated in the heart of Speyside, on a hilltop overlooking the confluence of two rivers – the Fiddich and Spey.
The plant has been producing whisky since 1891, and currently has two pairs of stills that produce 4 million liters of distillate per year. Craigellachie is the main component of Dewar's, White Horse and William Lawson's blends, which consume the lion's share of production. Until the end of the first decade of the new century, the local single malt remained almost unknown, and it was not until 2014 that the owner, John Dewar & Sons, a Bacardi subsidiary, introduced four age versions of this whisky with a broad Last Great Malts of Scotland marketing campaign - 13, 17, 19 and 23 years old.
Nose: slightly oily, summer meadow, hay, honey, vanilla, apples, bananas, melons, pineapples, cedar wood, tobacco and a fleeting trace of sulfur.
Taste: fruity and herbal, oranges, grapefruits, baked apples, nutmeg, pepper, cocoa powder, caramel, oak and a hint of a burning match.
Finish: quite long, with notes of zesty orange, pepper, cloves, oak tannins and a trace of sulfur.