Glencadam – 27 y.o. Reserva de Jerez Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish (70cl, 46%)

A 27-year-old Highland single malt Scotch whisky, distilled in 1996. It combines long maturation in American ex-Bourbon casks with a finish in Oloroso Sherry butts from Jerez in Spain. After the bourbon-matured whiskies were married, the whisky was finished in the Sherry casks. The limited edition comprises 1,691 individually numbered bottles and was bottled at 46% ABV. Bourbon maturation and the Sherry finish bring praline, honey and cooked fruit together with raisins, tobacco, spicy apple, nut and espresso notes. It is natural in colour and non-chill-filtered. The nose offers chocolate praline, caramelised almonds and cocoa powder with cooked fruit, Manuka honey and sweet cinnamon. The palate is creamy, with Swiss chocolate and warm butterscotch, plus sultanas, roll tobacco, spicy apples and warming wood spices. The finish is rounded, moving from dates and chocolate fudge cake to espresso and roasted nuts.