Fettercairn 2006/2025 Cadenhead’s Original Collection 19 Year Old Single Highland Malt Whisky 70 cl 46%
Cadenhead's Fettercairn 19 Year Old 70CL / 46%
On the edge of the Cairngorms, where the mountains cast long shadows over the Mearns, lies Fettercairn — a distillery known for producing a spirit that naturally leans toward the sweet and full‑bodied. Nineteen years of quiet maturation, then bottled by one of Scotland’s oldest independent houses. This isn’t a whisky that shouts. It lets time do the talking.
This is an independent bottling from Cadenhead’s — Scotland’s oldest independent bottler, founded in Aberdeen in 1842. Their Original Collection is the honest kind: single malt bottled without colouring, unfiltered, and at a strength that lets both cask and distillery character speak clearly without burning. Unlike Fettercairn’s official releases, this one doesn’t carry the distillery’s own design, but Cadenhead’s understated green label, where everything is about what’s inside the bottle.
The whisky has spent all nineteen years in bourbon barrels — no finish, no sherry to mask anything. This is Fettercairn in its purest form, shaped by the distillery’s naturally sweet, weighty style and the seasoned American oak. The bourbon casks push it toward bright, fruity sweetness: vanilla, soft caramel and a basket of ripe fruit rather than smoke or dryness.
Nose: Fruit‑salad sweets and quince at first, then a soft toffee bonbon rounding everything off. Sweet and inviting, but never sticky.
Palate: Creamy and rounded — think vanilla custard and toffee popcorn — with juicy nectarines cutting through and keeping it fresh.
Finish: Dries slightly toward green, gorse‑like notes, with crisp Granny Smith apples and a dusting of cloves adding a final spicy lift.
Flavour profile: Fruity · Creamy · Oaky · Sweet
Name: Cadenhead’s Fettercairn 19 Year Old
Distillery: Fettercairn Distillery
Region/Country: Highland, Scotland
Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
ABV: 46%
Size: 700 ml
Cask type: Bourbon barrels (full maturation)
Bottler: Cadenhead’s (Original Collection)
Edition: Cadenhead’s Original Collection
Did you know? Fettercairn is the only Scottish distillery with a copper ring around the top of its pot stills, allowing cold water to run down the outside during distillation. This cools the vapour and creates the light, clean spirit the distillery is known for.
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