Origin: Scotland
Type: Single Malt
An elegant Cardhu that should be drunk early to reveal its delicate, fruity and rich character.
Dark reddish amber colour. Aromas of fresh fruit and malted grain cereals, crunchy green apple and malted barley, caramel, toffee and dried fruit.
On the palate notes of toffee, caramel, honey, vanilla and brown sugar that add to the sweetness, notes of fresh green fresh apples, dried fruit, candied orange peel with a hint of dark dark chocolate. The sweeter notes give way to drier and more spicy notes such as oak, cinnamon, nutmeg and a hint of ginger and cloves.
THE DISTILLERY
Cardhu is a Speyside single malt whiskey distillery located near Archiestown, Morayshire, Scotland.
Built by John and Helen Cumming in 1824, it was originally a farm still. Soon the quality of its whiskeys was recognized and later its descendants rebuilt and expanded it to supply the great demand.
It currently belongs to the Diageo group.