Glencadam 17 Year Old 1989 Signatory

The Signatory Vintage Cask Collection from Andrew Symington contains signle casks at cask strength. This bottling appeared 7 years ago already and contains a 17 Year Old Glencadam. The ABV is massive. Judging by the colour, this was an active cask.

The nose is rather floral with violets and lavender, but also with grassy notes. A lot of caramel as well. The fruit is overripe and reminds me mostly of plums and peach. Fruit confit, too. Pretty oily. Soft on the spices. Hints of Brown banana, drenched in orange juice. Hazelnuts. Yes, this is complex. With water it turns sweeter and offers more nuts.

It dances on the tongue and is very oily, almost syrupy. Very sweet with loud spices. Cloves, nutmeg, ginger. Plums and peach again, but also mirabelles. Marmalade of yellow fruit. Adding water makes it softer, though not better in my opinion.

The finish is long, sweet and fairly dry.

After a somewhat hesitant start, I fell for it completely. Lovely! But add only a little dash of water. Thanks, Jan VC, for the sample.

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