Tullibardine 26-year-old (Bottled 2019) Cadenhead Small Batch / 46.9% / 0.7l

Wm Cadenhead Ltd. is Scotland's oldest independent whisky bottler.

The company was founded in 1842 in Aberdeen by George Duncan, his brother-in-law, William Cadenhead (a poet, by the way) joined the company in 1858, and after Duncan's death he christened it with his own name. In 1972 Wm Cadenhead Ltd. was purchased at auction by the owner of Springbank, J. & A. Mitchell & Co., who moved its headquarters to Campbeltown. In addition to a wide range of Scotch whiskies, Wm Cadenhead Ltd. also offers rums, gins and bourbons. The Tullibardine 26 year old presented here is a whisky distilled in the 1990s, aged in hogshead casks (American oak) and bottled at cask strength (46.9% abv) in 2019 for the Belgian distributor The Nectar. The edition consisted of 276 bottles.

Nose : damp leaves and hay, green tea, lemon peel, nut shells, grapes, apple cider, quince jam, white pepper and toasted oak.

Palate : slightly subdued, buttered toast, roasted peanuts, apples, pears, grapefruit, lemon peel, a touch of ginger and lemongrass and a light bitterness of oak.

Finish : medium long, with notes of orchard fruit, roasted nuts, honey, vanilla, ginger, a hint of pine needles and oak.