Craigellachie 1980 CA Authentic Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Craigellachie |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1980 |
| Bottled Year | 1997 |
| Age | 16년 |
| Cask Type | Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
White wine (How about Grüner Veltliner?)
air Nose
Hey, actually this is pretty pleasant despite the strength. Wild gorse, fresh gooseberry, cut grass, a little vanilla and even some dark fruits such as fresh blueberries and red-currants which I find unusual in this type of whisky. Develops some green fruitiness and a lovely cinnamon and pastry streak. There’s also coal dust, some lemon zest and a little camphor with time. With water: apple pie and custard. And also notes of rhubarb and custard sweeties that you get here in the UK (don’t think the French have gotten that far in culinary terms yet Serge). Also plenty fresh notes of grasses and cereals and herbs still kicking about
restaurant Palate
Cereals, pastry, more cinnamon, apricot jam, greengages, damsons. This is quite sweet but in a rather natural and charming way and there’s no hint of these weird chemical notes that seemed to somewhat hobble the previous one. Nice herbal notes of sage and parsley with pink peppercorns, furniture wax and a slight, gravelly mineral quality. With water: a little more buttery, herbal and drying with water. Develops a slight saline note and a more obscure fruitiness
timer Finish
Good length, nicely balanced between the sweet and dry aspects. A touch of green malt and something mineral like clay perhaps
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