Dufftown – Glenlivet Aged 10 Years Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Cadenhead (700ml)

Dufftown – Glenlivet Aged 10 Years Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Cadenhead (700ml)
Volume: 700ml           ABV: 46%           Age: 10 Years Old            Country: Scotland
Bottled: 2020 Matured In: 50% ex-Bourbon + 50% ex-Sherry Un-Chillfiltered
Scotch Whisky is known the world-over by the Brand names of large blending companies. These blends are the mixture of the products of various distilleries which were originally independent family owned units. Until the middle of the 20th century there were many small firms that bottled and sold the pure product of the local distilleries. Since Victorian times the firm of William Cadenhead has provided this service. However a diminution of public interest caused the small bottling companies to close down. Only a small handful of distilleries still remain in the ownership of their founding families and even fewer of the bottling companies remain active, William Cadenhead is one of the notable survivors.
Recent revival of interest in the whisky from different single distilleries has caused a surge of new firms to emerge. Many do not actually control their bottling operations and unfortunately feel it necessary to invest fictitious ancestries. However William Cadenhead has a well established pedigree and the experience of over one and a half centuries ensures that our customers can truly rely on what we put in a bottle. They guarantee that they never chill-filter or chemically alter the products that they bottle nor do they add colouring agents. Each of their bottlings of whisky, and indeed of their rums and cognacs, comes from an individually selected cask.
This cask strength single malt whisky was distilled at the Dufftown Distillery before being placed in a combination of 50% ex-Bourbon barrels and 50% ex-Sherry barrels. It was left to mature for no less than 10 years. In 2020 it was bottled at 46% abv as part of the Cadenhead’s Original Collection Series.
Our Tasting Notes
Nose: Ripe fresh cherries, summer berries, creamy caramel, soft vanilla oak, dried dark fruits and milk chocolate.
Palate: Summer berries, orchard fruits and soft caramel spun over poached apples.
Finish: Shortbread biscuits, stewed apples, hints of hazelnut chocolate and ripe juicy raisins.