Glencadam 21 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Glencadam · Glencadam Distillery
Glencadam is often called the distillery with the purest water source in Scotland, and this 21-year expression shows what that clarity means over two decades. Restrained, elegant, and never heavy-handed with oak. A masterclass in Highland refinement.
Kit Aromas
Nose
A refined opening of beeswax and heather honey, with bruised peach and a gentle floral lift of rosewater. Beneath, there's toasted almond and a whisper of vanilla oak.
Palate
Silky and elegant, with honeyed malt giving way to dried apricot and a hint of dark cocoa. The oak influence is measured, lending subtle spice and a creamy butterscotch quality without dominating.
Finish
Graceful and persistent, trailing notes of hazelnut, warm vanilla, and a dry, slightly earthy minerality.
- Region
- Eastern Highlands
- Cask Type
- Ex-Bourbon
- Peat Level (PPM)
- Unpeated
- Distillation
- Double distilled in copper pot stills
- Maturation
- Aged 21 years in ex-bourbon casks
- Chill-Filtered
- Non-chill filtered
Food Pairing
The whisky's honeyed almond character and soft peach notes mirror the tart's frangipane filling, while its gentle oak spice frames the poached fruit.
Glencadam draws its water from the Unthank Hills near Brechin in the eastern Highlands, a source so pure that the distillery was once nicknamed 'the cream of the crop' by blenders who prized its delicate spirit.
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