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| Cardhu-
Scotch Malt Whisky - Region:
Speyside
WF
Distillery Ranking: Cru
Bourgeois Supérieur
(all
current rankings here)
Status:
Active - Stills:
6 (3 wash, 3 spirit) - Founded:
1824
Address:
Aberlour, Banffshire AB38 7RY - Phone:
+44 (0)1340 872 555
Web: www.discovering-distilleries.com/cardhu
- More info:
Malt
Madness
My
favourite expression so far:
Cardhu 22 yo 1982/2005
(57.8%, OB, 3000 bottles)
90 points
- Last tasted: September 30,
2005 - Tasting notes: here |
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General
Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Caramel
Apples Oranges Sweet Oil Plums Rubber Malty
Praline
MM
Distillery profile:
The Cardhu distillery (known as Cardow at the time)
was officially founded in 1824 by John Cumming -
a farmer who allegedly had been involved with illegal
distillation at the site for at least a decade before
'legitimising' his business. In 1839, John's son
Lewis took over the reigns at the distillery.The
current Cardhu / Cardow distillery isn't the 'original'
one. In 1872 John Cumming's daughter-in-law Elizabeth
Cumming decided to build a brand new distillery
from scratch on an adjacent piece of property. Cardow
was extended in 1887 and purchased in 1893 by John
Walker and Sons Ltd. Yep, that's right... More
on Malt Madness. |
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| Check all the 'winners' (90 points or more) on this wee list (PDF) |
| OB
- no vintage |
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- Cardhu ‘Amber Rock’ (40%, OB, 2014) - 130314
- Cardhu 'Gold Reserve Game of Thrones House Targaryen' (40%, OB, +/-2019) - 100921
- Cardhu 'Gold Reserve' (40%, OB, +/-2015) - 070524
- Cardhu 'Gold Reserve' (40%, OB, +/-2021) - 161122
- Cardhu
'Special Cask Reserve' (40%, OB, batch # Cs/cR.07.03,
bottled 2007) - 211007
- Cardhu
'Special Cask Reserve' (40%, OB, batch # Cs/cR.07.04,
bottled 2007) - 211007
- Cardhu 'Special Cask Reserve' (40%, OB, batch # Cs/cR.12.14, 2012) - 170417
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Cardhu 8 yo (75° proof, OB, UK, 1970’s)
- 230706
- Cardhu 8 yo (43%, OB, Wax & Vitale, Italy, early 1970s) - 060211
- Cardhu
12 yo (43%, OB, Wax & Vitale Italy, 1970’s)
- 300905
- Cardhu 12 yo (43%, OB, Wax & Vitale Italy, pale vatting, late 1970’s) - 130314
- Cardhu 12 yo (43%, OB, Simon Freres France, 75cl, +/-1978) - 180522
- Cardhu
12 yo (40%, OB, Old white label & black
type, +/-1975) - no notes - 85
- Cardhu 12 yo (40%, OB, UK, 75cl, +/-1978) - 180522
- Cardhu 12 yo (43%, OB, Italy, screw cap, +/-1982) - 181011
- Cardhu
12 yo (40%, OB, UK, early1980’s) - 230706
- Cardhu
12 yo (86 proof, OB, US, ivory label, late 1980’s)
- 300905
- Cardhu
12 yo (40%, OB, Simon Frères, pale cream
label, late 1980’s) - 230706
- Cardhu
12 yo (40%, OB, Moët-Hennessy, dark cream
label, early 1990’s) - 230706
- Cardhu
12 yo (40%, OB, +/-1995) - no notes - 78
- Cardhu
12 yo (40%, OB, +/-1997) - no notes - 69
- Cardhu
12 yo (40%, OB, Pure Malt, 2004) - 230706
- Cardhu 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2013) - 261213
- Cardhu 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2017) - 281217
- Cardhu 12 yo (40%, OB, +/-2023) - 070524
- Cardhu 12 yo 'Wine Cask 200th Anniversary' (40%, OB, 2023) - 070524
- Cardhu 15 yo (40%, OB, +/-2011) - 061211
- Cardhu 15 yo (40%, OB, +/-2013) - 130314
- Cardhu 15 yo (40%, OB, +/-2017) - 080420
- Cardhu 15 yo (40%, OB, +/-2020) - 100921
- Cardhu 16 yo 'The Hidden Paradise of Black Rock' (58%, OB, Special Releases 2022, Elusive Expressions, 2022) - 161122
- Cardhu 18 yo (40%, OB, +/-2011) - 061211
- Cardhu 18 yo (40%, OB, +/-2016) - 170417
- Cardhu 18 yo (40%, OB, +/-2018) - 070920
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| OB
- vintage |
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- Cardhu
27 yo 1973/2000 (60.02%, Rare Malts) - 211007
- Cardhu
22 yo 1982/2005 (57.8%, OB, 3000 bottles) -
300905
- Cardhu 21 y 1991/2013 (54.2%, OB, Special Release) - 261213
- Cardhu
1997/2009 'Managers' Choice' (57.3%, OB, cask
#3362, 252 bottles) - 300909
- Cardhu 14 yo 2006/2021 'The Scarlet Blossoms of Black Rock' (55.5%, OB, Special Release 2021, Untold Legends) - 180522
- Cardhu 11 yo 2008/2020 (56%, OB, Special Releases 2020, refill, new and ex-bourbon American oak) - 070920
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| Cadenhead
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- Cardow 16 yo 1962/1979 (80°proof, Cadenhead, black dumpy) - 080420
- Cardow 23 yo 1962/1985 (46%, Cadenhead, black dumpy) - 060211
- Cardhu/Cardow
13 yo 1987/2000 (56.9%, Cadenheads) - 140506
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| Duncan
Taylor |
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- Cardhu 26 yo 1984/2011 (54.4%, Duncan Taylor, Rare Auld, cask #2873) - 181011
- Cardhu 25 yo 1986/2011 (54.8%, Duncan Taylor, cask #789, 202 bottles) - 061211
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| Signatory
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- Cardhu
25 yo 1974/1999 (56%, Signatory, Millenium Edition,
sherry butt #3612, 498 bottles) - 140506
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| SMWS |
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- Cardhu
1970/1993 (54.7%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society
for Japan, #106.1) - 300909
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| The
Whisky Fair - The Whisky Agency - Perfect Dram - Liquid Sun |
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- Cardhu 27 yo 1984/2011 (52,6%, The Whisky Agency, bourbon, 199 bottles) - 061211
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