Product description
Craigellachie distillery sits nestled in the heart of Speyside atop a rock overlooking the confluence of two great rivers, the Fiddich and the Spey.
It is equipped with two pairs of stills and produces over 4 million liters of spirit per annum. Craigellachie is owned by John Dewar & Sons, subsidiary of Bacardi Ltd. Exceptional Cask Series is one of the latest creations of Stephanie Macleod, Bacardi master blender. It consists of rare single cask and double cask bottlings of Aberfeldy and Craigellachie, each of which are personally selected by Stephanie. The whisky presented here was distilled on August 24, 1999 and aged in second fill sherry butt # 131. Bottled at natural strength of 56.7% abv on July 10, 2019 exclusively for LMDW with an outrun of 264 bottles.
Nose: distinctive sherry notes, blood oranges, dried figs, nectarines, Damson jam, cocoa powder, almonds, multigrain bread, a drop of soy sauce and pepper.
Palate: oranges, grapefruits, dark chocolate, prunes, ginger, black pepper, cinnamon buns, honey-roasted almonds and faint hint of sulphur.
Finish: long, with notes of dark chocolate, oranges, raisins, pepper, ginger,