CARDHU 12 YEAR OLD
Flavour upon flavor of luscious rich fruit, sweet honey and nut all smoothly balanced by a delicious dry freshness
STRENGTH
40% ABV
APPEARANCE
Golden honey.
NOSE
Heather and sweet honey and nut.
Notes: Enticing. Intriguing. With water, still harmonious but softer; malt-cereal; spicy wood, moorland and faint traces of wood-smoke.
BODY
Soft, pleasing, medium.
PALATE
Well balanced, smooth mouth-feel; sweet and fresh, then drying. Moorish. Enjoyable with a little water or ice.
FINISH
Quite short. Some lingering sweet smoke in the attractive, drying aftertaste.
CARDHU SPECIAL CASK RESERVE
A deep-coloured, well balanced malt whisky of exceptional flavour and smoothness, in which all of Cardhu’s luscious ripe fruitiness is balanced by a delicious spicy dryness.
STRENGTH
40% ABV
APPEARANCE
Rich, burnished gold.
NOSE
Mature, mellow, very fruity and hay-like. Good mature notes, with spice and increasing orchard and especially tropical fruits: overripe nectarine, water melon, pineapple, mango, peach skin, passion fruit. The interplay between dry and sweet continues: hay, cedar and high cocoa solid chocolate drift away slightly to reveal firm pinewood and nutmeg. Water reveals mature mossy notes and a dry yet fragrant mintiness. Has complexity and intriguing balance.
BODY
Soft, medium to full.
PALATE
Excellent length. Mouth filling and tongue coating. An immediate stimulating hit of sweet coconut, balanced by drier spices; cinnamon and nutmeg. Quite lively when neat, whilst under this flow soft flavours of caramel and nutty chocolate. Water reveals its great depth and accentuates the chocolate. Soft and generous, with a very light grip and just a hint of peat. Still balanced; lemon, grass, passion fruit and guava playing against vanilla and macadamia nut.
