This 43 year old William Cadenhead is bottled by one of the oldest independent bottlers in Scotland. It’s a blended scotch whisky that contains 55% grain whisky from Invergordon and 45% malt whisky from Glenfarclas and Glenlivet.
This William Cadenhead is bottled at cask strength at 44,2% ABV.
William Cadenhead 43 year old tasting notes:
Nose: Red fruit, mainly strawberries and also a pinch of liquorice. When I leave it standing for a few minutes a feint hint of ginger appears. It changes very quickly, interesting. It becomes sweeter now, honey and a hint of marzipan and cane sugar.
Taste: Liquorice (quite a lot), but this is only in the beginning. Anise. After that more sweeter, cane sugar and a touch of marshmellows too. Also maple syrup and a hint of dried dates. Light spicy.
Finish: Mid-long with caramel, liquorice and bay leaves.
A lovely blend that changes fast from taste and nose. However, this also causes you want to drink it quickly, because you want to get all the flavours. It has multiple layers, which makes it a very nice and interesting whisky. Very good and pleasant.
Many thanks to Whisky Rover for the very generous sample!
Where a I get bottle and what is the retail?
Hi Chris, I think it is already sold out at most places. It was on sale for about 165,- euros, a very good price for such an old blend.
You can still find it here. Unfortunatly at a higher price: https://www.worldofwhisky.be/nl/whisky/1550/cadenhead-blend-43y