A sherried 12 year old single malt from Diageo's Classic Malts range, this bottling from the Cragganmore distillery represents Speyside and proffers a rich, slightly floral whisky with barley notes.
Aromatic, floral. Heather, fruit salad, creamy texture. Smoked almonds, stemmy hay.
Rich, honey, stone fruits, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds. Berries.
Smoky, good length, delicate peppery spice.
Cragganmore is quite simply, a cracking dram. Everyone has their own opinion, quite right too......but a prominent distillery manager (not Cragganmore) describes it as his absolute favourite. His opinion is for me, more valuable than the haters here. I loved it from my first taste, in the early 70s.
Great, easy going whiskey. Wish it were easier to find here in the southern USA
Subtle, but lasting flavours. Quite delicate, very very little/no smokey flavours as the description states. Good dram, easy to drink and has you wanting more. Each to their own, if you like a laphroaig or the like, you wont like this.
A fine delicate rather feminine Scotch, closer to The Dalwhinnie than Islay whiskeys. But the flavours are quite delicious. Not a dram for the macho palate - I use Lagavulin when I'm in that mood - but a subtle and quite splendid whisky.
absolutely should have been 43%. As it is, its very basic and delicate. Doesn’t take water at 40% or you’ll risk loosing flavor when its falling apart.
