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Cadenhead

About the independent bottler

Cadenhead
The company has been founded in 1842 by William Cadenhead and is the oldest independent bottler in Scotland.
An eventful story, like it often happens in business world, with good and bad strategic decisions marked the evolution of the brand from its foundation until the death of William Cadenhead on december 11th, 1904.
The depression years during the 1930's have also marked the company, and its results were not constantly very good, but the firm survived.
In the early 1970's, it has been taken over by the Mitchell's family, owner of the Springbank distillery .
The first independent bottlings of Cadenhead's date back to the victorian era. A rather long experience of one and a half century, and a bottling policy excluding all coloration and never using chill filtering. The bottlings are always at cask strength.

The whisky

List of the bottles

 
Balvenie Balvenie-Glenlivet 1974 1 84/100
Bruichladdich 1979-1997 1 90/100
Bruichladdich 12 years 1992-2005 1 75/100
Bruichladdich 15 years, 1986-2002 1 80/100
Caol-Ila 13 years 1 88/100
Caol-Ila 12 years Cadenhead 3 84/100
Clynelish 1965-1989 for Mainardi 1 92/100
StMagdalene 1982 1 86/100
Strathisla Strathisla-Glenlivet 1 85/100
Authentic Collection Ardbeg 150th anniversary 1 95/100
Authentic Collection Ardbeg 17 years 1 84/100
Authentic Collection Ardmore 11 years 1 84/100
Authentic Collection Bladnoch Bourbon Barrel 1989-2001 14 85/100
Authentic Collection Bladnoch 17 years 1 75/100
Authentic Collection Bladnoch Cadenhead's CS 1989 1 84/100
Authentic Collection Bowmore 14 years 0 0/100
Authentic Collection Bruichladdich Authentic Collection 1991-2009 1 91/100
Authentic Collection Bruichladdich 12 years. Authenthic collection 2 84/100
Authentic Collection Dalmore 14 years 0 0/100
Authentic Collection Laphroaig 12 years, Authentic collection 2 88/100
Authentic Collection Lochside 22 years 1 92/100
Authentic Collection Macallan Macallan-Glenlivet 1987 0 0/100
Authentic Collection Royal-Brackla Bourbon Barrel 1992-2007 15 88/100
Authentic Collection Tamnavulin Authentic Collection 14 1 83/100
Original Collection Cragganmore 12 years Cragganmore-Glenlivet 9 84/100