Cragganmore
Cragganmore Cragganmore 12 Year Old NV 750ml
- Type
- Whiskey
- Country
- Scotland
- Region
- Speyside
Availability & Pricing
Premier Wine & Spirits
NV vintage
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Location: 17B | 1
Premium Wine & Spirits
NV vintage
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Location: W-7
Details
- Brand
- Cragganmore
- Product Type
- Spirit
- Size
- 750ml
- Package Type
- Bottle
- UPC
- 088110090050
About This Spirit
Producer Notes
Speyside: Only the lightest of vapors pass through the unique flat-topped spirit stills at the Cragganmore distillery, producing the most complex Speyside malt. As one of Speyside’s smaller distilleries, Cragganmore is in limited supply, but its spice and smoke prove it to be one of the most coveted Speyside malts.
Critical Acclaim
The succulent aroma develops with aeration in the sweet forms of barley, cream, light caramel, and a trace of tropical fruit. Palate entry is round, borderline, plump, breakfast-cereal sweet, and honeyed; at midpalate, there’s a slightly oily peat smoke. Sweetly concludes with the focus on the malt.
This oft-overlooked Speysider has been frustratingly variable in the past, but now seems to have hit greater consistency. Worm tubs and weird stills combine to give a complex malt, but one that needs help from oak to blossom fully. There are hedgerow aromas: black currant leaf, hawthorn berries, and lots of honey. A chestnut note continues on the tongue where, on the finish, a hint of smoke lurks.