Scotland, Speyside: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making, production and tasting notes

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Cardhu (cardow)

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The distillery

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The whisky

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List of the bottles

Cardhu
O.B. Single Malt 12 years 15 1/3
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 Cardhu (cardow): official bottlings
 

Cardhu 12 years
Age
 12 years
Alcohol percentage
 40%
Bottler
 Official
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The colour is yellow with greenish glints. The nose is light and hardly defined (citrus)
The malty palate is poor and the finish rather bitter.
A light whisky with a lack of personality and body.

(la Maison du Whisky)

The first pleasant nose contact is quickly denied. It is not so easy to define the mix of sugar and acid which characterizes the taste. The refined complexity which is common in the malts of the Speyside area is difficult to find in this malt which is more famous for the shape of its flask than for the quality of its content. The finish is short and does not leave a great remembrance...
16/20
At the second tasting, the nose was rather difficult to define. Something between honey and orange. Neither the taste was clearly definable, between malt and citrus, without depth. A short finish with a kind of relatively fresh bitterness.
15/20
A discrete nose with malty hints and a touch of citrus fruit. In the mouth, quite a pleasant whisky, marked by malted barley with some slightly acid fragrances, but without a great personality. Some "washed" feeling as well. The finish is short and quite bitter.
15/20
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