Cardhu

Country: Scotland   Region: Speyside
Age: 12 Year Old   Vintage: 
Strength: 40.00%   Bottler: Cardhu
Summary:  The malt whisky is 12 Year Old.

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Country: Scotland   Region: Speyside
Age: 12 Year Old   Vintage: 
Strength: 30%   Bottler: 
Summary: John Cumming converted the familial farm called Cardow into a distillery round 1810. He used the barley produced by the farm and he produced his own peat. The proximity of the river Spey ant the surrounding hills were assets for a distillery. He began as a moonshine distiller. The hills were a place of safety in case the excise men would 'visit' him. The controls were frequent, and John's wife, Helen Cumming helped her husband with a successfull stratageme. She used to receive them very well, and to invite them for dinner. When they arrived, she put a red flag behind the barn. As long this flag was visible, John knew the excise men were still present, and he waited before coming back to the farm. In 1824, after the promulgation of the Excise Act, John decided to purchase a licence for the production of his whisky. This made made marketting of his spirit quite easier. During the 19th century, the distillery was rebuild 3 times. John Cumming's daughter in law, Elisabeth took the management of the distillery in 1876 and contributed to its success. She built a new distillery near the farm, and sold stills to a certain William Grant, who was on the point to found Glenfiddich. As most of the distilleries, Cardhu closed during the second world war. Renewed in 1960, the numbers of stills growed from 4 to 6. The distillery was called 'Cardow Distillery' since 1981. The Cardhu malt is currently one of the best sellers world-wide. About 30% of the production is sold as single malt, the remaining entering in blends. Cardhu is the basis of the Johnnie Walkers blends, Red, Black, Green and Blue labels. The commercial succes is so great currently that it was at the origin of many discussions in the whisky world in 2003. UDV is not able anymore to satisfy all the demand for Cardhu malt, and decided to market vatted malt instead of single malt without changing the packaging. The other procuders were furious, and after lots of discussions, UDV decides to change the colour of the label of Cardhu Vatted malt to avoid confusion for the customers, and depreciation of the image of single malt.

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Country: Scotland   Region: Speyside
Age:    Vintage: 
Strength: 40%   Bottler: 
Summary: 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – Selected from 'very old oak casks', this new Cardhu Special Cask Reserve is richer and sweeter than the hugely popular 12 year old and has proved very successful since its release.

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Country: Scotland   Region: Speyside
Age: 26 Year Old   Vintage: 
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Summary: Single cask #2873 expression of the 6th best selling single malt in the world – despite this we almost never see independent bottlings from Cardhu distillery. Distilled December 1984, bottled September 2011. 222 numbered bottles. Awarded 91 points by WhiskyFun.com Cardhu John and Helen Cumming began producing malt whisky using a single illicit still at their Cardhu farm in 1811. Cardhu Distillery was officially established at Cardhu farm in 1824 and was equipped with two small stills. Output was quite small until a new purpose built distillery was constructed just up the road and equipped with four stills. Cardhu Distillery is a malt whisky distillery situated in Scotland’s Speyside whisky region and a contributor to Diagio’s Johnnie Walker blended scotch. Visitors are welcomed at the distillery visitor centre and the distillery is a participant in the Speyside Whisky Festival. Nose: Chocolate, toffee and hint of antiseptic cream. Orange candy grows. Very sweet and quite floral. Becomes a little bread like – nan bread with a touch of Turkish delights. Taste: Lots of orange notes, butter lemons, brown sugar, toffee and some dark fruits, brambles perhaps? Finish: Hot cross buns with oranges, some forest fruits and quite creamy.

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Country: Scotland   Region: Speyside
Age: 12 Year Old   Vintage: 
Strength: 40%   Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky A very rare bottling of 12 year old Cardhu.

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Country: Scotland   Region: Speyside
Age: 12 Year Old   Vintage: 1970
Strength: 43%   Bottler: 
Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – A distillery bottling of 12 year old Cardhu from the 1970s, dressed in their old style white livery.

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Country: Scotland   Region: Speyside
Age: 15 Year Old   Vintage: 1974
Strength: 63%   Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Summary: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky The Cardhu Managers Dram was matured for 15 years in a refill bourbon cask before being bottled at a no nonsense 63%. This is one of only a handful of Cardhus at cask strength and it is well worth the effort to get to know it as it is a distillate that often suffers from reduction. This is easily one of the best Cardhus ever bottled.

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