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A 40 year old natural cask strength single grain scotch whisky from Cambus, a closed distillery near Alloa. It is the oldest Cambus ever released by the original distillers. The third single grain whisky to be bottled as a Special Release and very interesting to compare with the more recent 40 year old The Cally bottling. Highly approachable and very rewarding; deceptively complex and fresh for its age, it makes an unusual and delicious apéritif.
An incredibly well-integrated and harmonious forty-year-old single grain that is light yet sumptuous, fresh and clean; at its best with water and with a fine, relaxed finish. Distilled in 1975 and only 1,812 bottles produced globally.
The distillery was founded in 1806 by James Moubray, then re-equipped for grain distilling in 1837. One of the six Lowland grain distilleries that combined to form the Distillers Company in 1877. The distillery closed in 1993, making it vanishingly rare as a single grain.
Tasting Notes
Appearance:
Deep gold with amber lights.
Body:
Light. Very soft.
Nose:
Surprisingly lively, quickly mellowing to sweetness. Clean, fruity top-notes of ripe red apples, pineapple and cape gooseberry rise above a wide-ranging, softly sweet melange of boiled and soft-chew strawberry sweets, shortcrust pastry and milk chocolate with smooth, succulent toffee. Nutty, with a trace of candle-wax, it becomes softer with a little water, slowly building a gently piney, mint-fresh wood note with faint, waxy, red-berries; then gaining depth with dark toffee, fruit and almond before a fresh, green apple sharpness with ginger spice.
Palate:
Cool, light, drying and pine-y; gaining heat and sweetness together as if a salted caramel ice cream was infused with savoury smoke. Then quite dense and raisiny, with hints of pear drops and plum, and a pungency right to the finish. Water brings out its best, now cooler, lightly sweet, salty and softly waxy with ginger and white pepper spice, growing chewy and coating; briefly fruity then warming like a rich, moist ginger cake.
Finish:
Short yet warm, gentle and sweet, with crème brûlée and ginger beneath light, cleansing eucalyptus. There’s a faint woodiness as the sweetness is underscored by subtle tannins. Light with water; appetising, apéritif-like.