Cardrona
Cardrona
64.4%
3 Years
Aged three years in a mixture of select ex-Oloroso sherry butts and ex-bourbon barrels and bottled at natural cask strength (my bottle was 64.4%), this single malt whisky comes from Cardrona, a woman-owned distillery in New Zealand. Cardrona Distillery also produces The Reid vodka. It's priced at $120 per 375-milliliter bottle. Just Hatched is a predecessor to "Growing Wings," the 5-year-old single malt in Cardrona's portfolio.
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The nose delivers a lot of heat, as well as vanilla, orange peel, kiwi, brown sugar, pastry dough and cocoa powder.
The palate is hot with notes of leather, tobacco, orange blossom, peach, almond and cloves.
The finish is dark and earthy. Tobacco, stewed cherries, plums, clove, cinnamon and sea salt dark chocolate.
This is tremendously impressive for its age. It delivers an awesome balance of delicious, distinctive sherried character and dark, earthy and spicy notes. It's hot but rich and spectacular.
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Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.
