Glencadam American Oak Reserve

A Glencadam, a distillery bottling, at 40%. Glencadam is a Highland single malt known for a delicate, fruity, creamy style. Its stills carry lyne arms angled upward, raising the reflux for a lighter, fruitier spirit.

Drawn from a long fermentation, for a creamy, fruity make with real elegance. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, a soft vanilla beneath the fruit. Without an age statement, a fresh pear note and vanilla point to good years in cask. Active wood frames the fruit without ever crowding the light Highland spirit. Long ageing turns the fresh pear towards tropical fruit, honey and a gentle spice. Years in oak deepen the spirit to old gold, the body growing rounder and creamier with time. First fill wood drives the maturation, the cask clear in the light spirit. Maturation runs slow and even in the cool, racked Highland warehouses. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and a soft coconut over the fruit.

At an approachable 40% it is fresh and clean. Pear drops, melon and a soft barley sugar, lifted by a soft oak. Soft pear and a creamy vanilla sit behind the cask. The finish is rounded, fruity and clean. This is a light, fruity Highland single malt.