Creations 25-year-old CA

Overall rating: 88.52/100
votes: 60

Category: Blended Malt
Distilleries: Caol Ila, Bowmore, Ardbeg
Bottler: Cadenhead (CA)
Bottling serie: Robust Smoky Embers
Bottled: 2017
Stated Age: 25 years old
Casktype: Sherry Hogshead Finish
Casknumber: Batch No. 3
Strength: 46.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Added on: 09 Aug 2017 7:55 am by LukeFive

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Whisky Reviews for Creations 25-year-old CA

14 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.52 points

Donwaldorf scored this whisky 88 points
27 Mar 2019 7:23 am
Line Up of 23/03/19 to the blind. 10/11

Linear, a tip of reduction but well done.

Nose

Peat on smoke and peat oil.

Taste

Always peat oil, a little too light in the mouth but very pleasant.

Finish

Very nice length as often with peat.
Not surprising but very straight.
lachaineduwhisky did not rate this whisky
09 May 2019 3:21 pm
Nose

Blind tasting:

Rich peaty, fleshy, lemon and ashes. More and more fruity and creamy.

Taste

Juicy, fluid, lack of power, compared to what is announced nose. Very flexible

Finish

Light, on the ash.

Enthusiasm 4/5

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Dre73 scored this whisky 90 points
04 Feb 2018 9:36 am
Wonderful whiskey, tingling and simmering for a long time, sweetish smoke.

Nose

It starts with smoke, but very subtle, soft. Some fruity through it, citrus, orange. Spicy also, and sweet, honey. Light peat and rubber, and after a while comes the smell of a fire basket.

Taste

Real wood fire smoke, some cigar tobacco too, very soft, full and creamy. Also some orange-like fruitiness through it.

Finish

Very light pepper now in the throat. Wood fire smoke weather, honey, wood tones. Long finish, and what especially lingers in the mouth is a sweet smoky taste.
Deloti scored this whisky 86 points
05 Aug 2019 2:32 am
Nose

88 88

Taste

85 85

Finish

85 85
Thermidor scored this whisky 86 points
07 Apr 2019 9:27 am
A real outlier in the tasting lineup of 6 Cadenhead blends: the rest were a mix of malt and grain with nary a wisp of smoke to be found, while this is a malt-only, Islay-only mix.

Unsurprisingly, this one fared well in the all tasters poll, claiming the second place after the 44yo Creations blend. Much like the other Cadenhead Creations, the nose is the best part in this one.

Nose

Strong woodsmoke, as if some birch logs in a fireplace. Some rubber as well. Salty, tarry, and medicinal, with some chemical notes.

Taste

Strong, coal-y woodiness. Burnt birch again, with a side of dark sherry. A wisp of butter, with some salt as well. Doesn't really taste like a 25yo to me, more like 15.

Finish

A surprisingly light finish for an all-malt blend. The coal is still dominating the palate, and sticks to my gums. Sooty and sherried is a good way to put it.
detachedblue scored this whisky 90 points
29 Aug 2018 1:06 pm

Smoky BBQ, some rich sherry, the integration is not perfect but still good, very easy drinking, quickly finished a bottle...
ChrisE scored this whisky 90 points
16 Aug 2018 10:44 pm
Nose

89 89

Taste

90 90

Finish

91 91
Dre73 scored this whisky 90 points
04 Feb 2018 9:37 am
- Nose
  
  89 89
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  91 91
squaadgras scored this whisky 89 points
10 Dec 2017 11:15 pm
- Nose
  
  90 90
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  88 88
rdavek scored this whisky 90 points
08 Dec 2017 3:27 pm

A beautifully balanced smoky dram. Mellow smoke, as you'd expect at this age, balanced with fruity sweetness and an herbal complexity. I tasted this at the Cadenhead Dornoch tasting and the fact that this stood out for me amongst the spectacular whiskies we had speaks volumes. These Cadenhead Creations bottlings are among the finest and best value whiskies bottled in recent years, IMHO.

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