Honeysuckle, forest fruits, berries, dark chocolate, cucumber, light peat smoke, polished oak — complex and layered
Oily, full-bodied — dark plum sweetness from the port, toffee, raspberries, brambles, cherries, cocoa — drier mid-palate with emerging oak
Long — dancing between plum wine notes and grain oak, ending with a whiff of smoke — the flat-topped still complexity evident
Cragganmore Distillers Edition — port wine finish on the Classic Malts Speyside representative. Flat-topped stills + worm tubs + port. 40%.
Forest fruit and chocolate nose. Plum and toffee palate. Long finish with smoke. A modest but worthwhile upgrade.
Cragganmore DE earns a 7 — the port adds fruit to an already complex Speyside. At £52, a modest upgrade over the 12. The flat-topped stills' complexity benefits from port.
Joe has spent over fifteen years immersed in the whiskey industry, beginning his career at a Speyside distillery before moving into drinks journalism. As Editor-in-Chief at Whiskeyful.com, he oversees...
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