Review: Cragganmore 25 Years Old Limited Edition 2014
Review: Cragganmore 25 Years Old Limited Edition 2014
Onward to the 6th whisky in the 2014 Diageo Special Edition releases, a 25 year old from Cragganmore, a Speyside distillery best known for its younger single malts.
This 25 year old was distilled in 1988 and aged in a mix of refill European and American Oak casks.
Quite malty on the nose, the Cragganmore 25 opens up after a time to offer floral notes, dried fruit, and some nuts — perhaps a bit of orange peel, too. It’s nice for a time, but it soon threatens to be overpowered by a touch of raw, pungent alcohol character. The body continues the theme, starting off with dense grains mixed with chewy malt. On the palate it’s backed up with notes of baked apples, more raisin notes, and fresh citrus on the back end. There’s an alcoholic undercurrent here from time to time, but a little water helps to temper things, revealing a nice little vanilla caramel character as well.
102.8 proof. 3,372 bottles produced.
A- / $500 / malts.com [BUY IT NOW FROM THE WHISKY EXCHANGE]
Cragganmore 25 Years Old Limited Edition 2014
$500
Expensive Whisky!! You would have to split the cost about 10 – 20 ways to be able to afford to buy it. 102.8 Proof is pretty strong so you had better have a good mixer to go with it to smooth it out. It would be fun to try it sometime though!!!!