hs305 scored this whisky 91 points 
[May, 2017] I just arrived in Campbeltown for the upcoming festival, so this is a good reason to re-taste this delicious old Cadenhead blend. It is composed of 45 per cent malt (Glenfarclas & Glenlivet) and 55 per cent grain (Invergordon), I bought a bottle for 153 Euro.
The colour is deep copper and the texture shows a few slow legs and late fat tears. The nose... YES, there it is: tons of OBFs (adhesive glue, lacquer paint, nail varnish remover), simply great! And delicious old sherry and fruity aromas with surprisingly low wooden notes (given the 43 years in cask). Great complexity and balance, I guess a trained nose could easily smell 20+ different aromas in here.
The first mouthfeel is astonishingly fresh, smooth and mellow. It coats the whole mouth without any hot or adstringent moments. Again no bitter woody notes after all the decades. The taste rolls in different waves over your tastebuds and is centered around old-school sherry and grainy flavours, all imbedded in a sound (but never bitter or drying) wooden structure. Dozens of flavours all in great harmony. The finish gets more chocolatey than the body and now, at its very end the first slight bitter tannins pop up (unbelievable late and never unpleasant, rather chewable). Some drops of water open up the nose and smoothen the taste/finish even further, I like it that way better. But be cautious not to add too much of it as this dram flattens quickly.
This whisky shows that sometimes less is more: Just three ingredients form a great blend, one to sniff and chew for hours if you adore such old-style complex stuff. And to state it again for all that experience OBFs (old bottle flavours) the first time - these unusual (solvent) aromas on the nose indicate real great drams!
The colour is deep copper and the texture shows a few slow legs and late fat tears. The nose... YES, there it is: tons of OBFs (adhesive glue, lacquer paint, nail varnish remover), simply great! And delicious old sherry and fruity aromas with surprisingly low wooden notes (given the 43 years in cask). Great complexity and balance, I guess a trained nose could easily smell 20+ different aromas in here.
The first mouthfeel is astonishingly fresh, smooth and mellow. It coats the whole mouth without any hot or adstringent moments. Again no bitter woody notes after all the decades. The taste rolls in different waves over your tastebuds and is centered around old-school sherry and grainy flavours, all imbedded in a sound (but never bitter or drying) wooden structure. Dozens of flavours all in great harmony. The finish gets more chocolatey than the body and now, at its very end the first slight bitter tannins pop up (unbelievable late and never unpleasant, rather chewable). Some drops of water open up the nose and smoothen the taste/finish even further, I like it that way better. But be cautious not to add too much of it as this dram flattens quickly.
This whisky shows that sometimes less is more: Just three ingredients form a great blend, one to sniff and chew for hours if you adore such old-style complex stuff. And to state it again for all that experience OBFs (old bottle flavours) the first time - these unusual (solvent) aromas on the nose indicate real great drams!
