What they say
23 year old single grain Scotch whisky from the long-closed Cambus distillery, matured in a single refill butt cask. It was distilled in July 1991, a few years before the distillery shut its doors for good, and bottled in January 2015 by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection. 541 bottles were produced.
What I say
Yay, continuing our exploration of Cambus casks distilled and filled in July 1991 and bottled by Signatory at Cask Strength. As predicted in our review of the 22yo here’s a cask bottled at 23 years old.
- ABV 53.9%
- Age 23 Years Old
- Bottler Signatory
- Bottling Cask Strength Collection
- Cask Refill Butt #55890
- Category Single grain whisky
- Cost £sold out
- Origin Cambus Distillery
- Outturn 541 bottles
- Region Scotland
- Released 2014
- Vintage 1991
My tasting notes
- Appearance Old sauternes (9/20) slow, fine tears and fine legs.
- Nose Estery, spirity, glue, solvents, new paint, oak wood, carpentry shop, vanilla, apple, pear, butterscotch and light caramel & honey.
- Taste Medium-bodied, quite syrupy initially, spirit present, sweet caramel, boiled & pureed apples, toffee-apple, pear, banana, some white pepper spice becomes mouth-watering, varnished wooden cabinets.
- Finish Medium-long, soft brown sugar, spirity and spiced, black pepper and honey.
- Overall A well aged grain, quite solventy and woody but also plenty of sugars and fruit apparent in the spirit.
Score 83/100
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