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CRN57o 70 year old, 45%

Price: 7500 Issue: Winter 2025 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

From Scotland’s Cairn Distillery. Just imagine having the stock in the warehouse to craft a blended malt of this age! Sweet with honey, dried apple, baked orange, vanilla, and cinder toffee, with aromas of lime peel and wood oils. Incredible freshness with honey-glazed apple, banana chip, sweet oak, caramelized peanuts, and vanilla graces the taste buds, with a creamy sweet finish of citrus candy. Remark- ably, at 70 years this still brims with vitality.