Glencadam – Reserve de Bordeaux Merlot Cask Finish (70cl, 46%)

Glencadam Reserve de Bordeaux is a Highland single malt whisky from Brechin, Scotland. After maturation in Bourbon casks, the whisky is finished in selected Merlot wine casks from Bordeaux. The whisky is drawn from American oak casks in the distillery's historic warehouses, married, then given its finish in the French wine casks. It belongs to the 2023 Cask Finish Range without an age statement, developed in small batches by Master Distiller Robert Fleming. The character combines berry fruit and tart fruit notes with cocoa, roasted chestnuts and oak spice. On the nose there are wild strawberries and fruit sweets, blackberry jam, cedar wood and ginger biscuits. The palate brings tart notes of cooked fruit with rhubarb crumble, cocoa, roasted chestnuts and oak spice. The finish leaves impressions of cherry liqueur chocolates with dark chocolate and espresso, with a gentle cake spice note.