Sold outJul 2023In short · Glencadam (Highland), 10 years.
“The nose, fragrant and floral, made us think of freesias, rose incense, Turkish delight, crispy-shelled fruit candies, and a perfumed silk scarf in a new leather handbag.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 82.45 is a single cask of Glencadam, in the Highland region, 10 years old, bottled at 62.7%, released in the Jul 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 82.x is from Glencadam.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
In Brechin, in the gentle farmland of Angus, Glencadam has distilled since 1825 and today stands as the last working distillery in a town that once had several. Owned by Angus Dundee, it keeps a low profile and a devoted following. The house style is soft, creamy and fruity, an elegant, almost delicate Highland malt with none of the coastal edge of its neighbours to the north. Long treated as a blending malt, it has increasingly won admirers under its own name, and a single cask shows off exactly what those admirers prize: a clean, orchard-fruit sweetness with a silky, cream-and-vanilla heart.