Whisky Review: Craigellachie 12 Year Old 2004 A Rare Find

• Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky
• Origin: Craigellachie Distillery
• Bottling: Gleann Mór
• ABV: 57.2%
• Cost: £65.46

What they say

Distilled 26th February 2004, this Craigellachie single malt was bottled over 12 years later on 10th August 2016 with 233 bottles produced from a single cask.

Official tasting notes:

• Nose: Sweet spices and black pepper. Meaty with hints of barley malt and cocoa butter. A little cooked fruit and toffee.
• Palate: Sweet, spiced palate with vanilla to the fore. Hints of dark chocolate, passion fruit, oats and cinnamon.
• Finish: Cinnamon and black pepper on a medium-long finish.

What I say

Dram#3 from The Dram Team Incredible Indies tasting set was this 12 year old Craigellachie.

My tasting notes:

• Appearance: Eiswein rich copper gold (7/20), large droplet tears and thick legs.
• Nose: Egg custard, sulphur, brass pennies, toffee and heather honey, grassy, spicy allspice and black pepper.
• Palate: Fruity raisin, fig & plum, spicy Szechuan pepper, apple strudel, toffee, leather, clove, allspice, cinnamon.
• Finish: Long, spiced fruit punch.

Overall

A real feisty dram full of Christmas spiced fruit punch on the palate but more classic spirit character on the nose.

Score 85/100

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