Cameronbridge 28yo, 1991-2020, Old Particular
ABV: 49.9%
Region: Lowlands
Price per bottle: °°
Bottling: Douglas Laing
Cask type: Refill Butt (#DL13939, 269 btl.)

 

Colour: Dark amber.
Nose: Sweet and aromatic on the nose with sherry, rum raisins and dark dried fruit. Accompanied by brown sugar and spicy notes of cinnamon, polished oak, nutmeg and a touch of tobacco. Walnuts and some dark chocolate in the background.
Palate: Wonderfully sweet on the palate with sherry, brown sugar, raisins soaked in rum and walnuts. Warming and pleasantly spicy with cinnamon, nutmeg and a touch of bitter oak. Delicate notes of walnut and dark chocolate linger towards the finish.
Finish: The finish is of medium length and pleasantly warming with Christmas spices and some ginger. oak and a subtle tobacco note.
With water: After the addition of water a little fresher on the nose with many dried fruits, rum sultanas, hazelnuts and milk chocolate. Lightly spicy oak with cinnamon and increasingly more walnut aromas, accompanied by a hint of coffee. Still sweet and creamy on the palate with brown sugar, sherry and dark fruit, accompanied by cinnamon, nutmeg and oak spice. Only slightly warming and much less spice, with more sticky fruit jam. The finish remains medium long and slightly warming with delicious walnuts, some tobacco leaf, polished oak and dark chocolate.

Comments: Another great, aromatic and multi-layered single grain from Douglas Laing. Delightful notes of matured sherry, rum sultanas and walnuts, in perfect balance with warming Christmas spices. With a few drops of water even creamier with sticky fruit on the palate. You just have to try such excellent, long matured single grain whiskies.

Cameronbridge 28yo, 1991-2020, Old Particular
ABV: 55.2%
Region: Lowlands
Price per bottle: °°
Bottling: Douglas Laing (exclusively bottled for deinwhisky.de)
Cask type: Refill Butt (#DL14103, 355 btl.)

 

Colour: Amber.
Nose: Immediately notes of aged sherry flow into the nose, accompanied by honey, oranges and caramel. Accompanied by some blueberry, oranges and dark chocolate with spicy oak, some cinnamon and a touch of walnut in the background. The alcohol is well integrated.
Palate: Deliciously sweet on the palate with sherry, creamy honey, some blueberries and juicy oranges. This is accompanied by warming notes of Christmas spices, cinnamon, nutmeg and dark chocolate.
Finish: The finish is long lasting and pleasantly warming with oak spice, ginger and nutmeg. With a light note of orange peel and walnuts towards the end.
With water: After adding a few drops of water, a little more freshness on the nose with juicy oranges, honey, oak spice and orange zest. Hazelnut and milk chocolate in the background. Still sweet on the palate with brown sugar, honey, biscuit and milk chocolate. Accompanied by slightly warming spices with ginger and some cinnamon. The finish is still long and slightly tingling with orange peel, nutmeg and creamy chocolate.

Comments: A great, rich and complex single grain whisky from the Lowlands. Orange fruit meets sherry, chocolate and warming Christmas spices. Single Grain, Sherry Butt and Douglas Laing - nothing can go wrong with such a combination!

 

I thank deinwhisky.de for the complimentary sample and the photograph!

Cameronbridge 36yo, 1984-2020, Private Cellars Selection
ABV: 53.6%
Region: Lowlands
Price per bottle: °°°°
Bottling: The Whisky Cellar
Cask type: American Oak ex-Bourbon Barrel (#3028694, 183 btl.)

 

Colour: Bright amber.
Nose: Pleasant sweet aromas of toffee, vanilla and caramel. These are joined by notes of pastry, butterscotch and milk chocolate. In the background, slightly spicy notes of pine and cedar wood with a touch of coffee powder.
Palate: A wonderful sweetness spreads out on the palate with notes of vanilla, toffee and some peanut. Pleasantly warming with a touch of pepper and a slightly alcoholic bite. This is followed by plum jam, caramel, orange peel and somewhat bitter fruit notes.
Finish: The finish is long lasting, warming with a slight peppery note. This is accompanied by creamy notes of ripe orchard fruit and a little dry oak spice.
With water: After the addition of a few drops of water even more intense on the nose with vanilla, toffee and fruit. Still very sweet on the palate with creamy vanilla, toffee, oranges, some spicy oak and white pepper. The finish is still long and warming with creamy orchard fruit jam and a touch of dry oak spice.

Comments: A wonderfully old, well matured single grain whisky. Delicious sweetness mingles with spicy fruit aromas and well-dosed oak notes to a harmony of all senses. It is no longer a secret that long matured grain whiskies are excellent golden nectars.

 

I thank The Whisky Cellar for the complimentary sample and the photograph!

Cameronbridge 40yo, 1978-2018, Single Grain, Xtra Old Particular (XOP) Range
ABV: 54.1%
Region: Lowlands
Price per bottle: °°°°°
Bottling: Douglas Laing
Cask type: Refill Barrel (DL12767, 215 btl.)

 

Colour: Amber.
Nose: Sweet start on the nose with toffee, vanilla and warm cereal notes. Fruity with yellow berries and ripe peaches, accompanied by brown sugar, subtle white pepper and a touch of oak spice in the background.

Palate: Rich and intense on the palate. Sweet and fruity with caramel, vanilla, brown sugar and ripe peaches. Mouth filling and salivating. Then warming and increasingly spicy with pepper, ginger and oak wood.
Finish: The finish shows good length with strawberry and pineapple, followed by vanilla and dry oak notes.
With water: With the addition of a few drops of water, the grain becomes increasingly present on the nose with lots of vanilla sweetness, fruit aromas and prickling oak. Still very sweet on the palate with toffee, vanilla and juicy peaches. The finish is slightly shorter with vanilla and pineapple, followed by oak spice. Doesn't get drier.
Comments: This great single grain whisky from the Cameronbridge distillery was bottled from a single barrel after an incredible four decades of maturation. A stream of juicy, ripe fruit paired with creamy vanilla and toffee sweetness leads to a rich and lovely long finish. A delicious single grain and an excellent companion for enjoyable evening hours.

 

I thank Douglas Laing for the photograph!

Cameronbridge 25yo, 2019, Whic
ABV: 57.6%
Region: Lowlands
Price per bottle: °°
Bottling: whic (Whiskycircle)
Cask type: Sherry Cask (503 btl.)

 

Colour: Reddish amber.
Nose: Begins sweet on the nose with apples, caramel and dried fruits, cherries as well as raisins and dates. The whole is embedded in beautiful old sherry aromas, with notes of dark chocolate, some leather and tobacco in the background. The alcohol is well integrated and not pungent at all.
Palate: Again a great sweetness on the palate with caramel and a sticky red fruit, accompanied by dried figs and raisins. Then warming with a light peppery spiciness, due to the high alcohol content. But not unpleasant. Cinnamon with dark chocolate and juicy cherry are noticeable until the finish.
Finish: The finish is long-lasting with a sticky fruit sweetness, dark chocolate and a hint of dry tobacco leaves. Very nice.
With water: The addition of water pushes the fruit a little into the background, while retaining its sticky sweetness. Dark chocolate in the background as well. Soft, sweet and round on the palate, the alcoholic spiciness is nicely tamed. Raisins, dates, sherry aromas, beautifully mixed with dark chocolate. Wonderful. The finish is still long with a sticky fruit sweetness, raisins and lots of dark chocolate.
Comments: A wonderfully sticky, sweet and fruity single grain whisky that has been allowed to mature in a sherry cask for a quarter of a century. Full of dried fruits and dark chocolate, with a strong dash of alcoholic spice. Both pure and diluted with some water a wonderful drinking pleasure. Not only, but especially in the cold season a wonderful soul warmer.

 

I thank whic (Whiskycircle) for the complimentary sample and the image!