Royal Brackla 14 Year Old 1992 Cadenhead

Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection always means whisky at cask strength. This Royal Brackla was distilled in 41992 and bottled in 2007 from a bourbon cask.

Creamy and spicy nose. A lot of white fruit with Pink Ladies up front. Wood shavings. Aniseed and almonds. Opens slowly. Not spectacular, but far from bad. Adding water pushes the fruit away somewhat and turns the wood shavings into a veritable plank. It also brings out some marzipan.

Amazingly soft on the palate for such a high ABV. The white fruit is now spicy with white pepper, cloves and a touch of camphor. Slowly becomes warmer and more expressive. Some peach and plums emerge. This is a bourbon cask, though. Diluted it is sweeter, but also a bit sharper. More pepper at any rate.

The medium long finish evolves from sweet to sweeter.

Nice Brackla that can cope with water, but certainly does not need it.

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