Cardhu 16 Year The Hidden Paradise of Black Rock is one of eight bottlings for Diageo’s 2022 Special Release collection. Each whisky in the collection was selected by Master Blender Dr. Craig Wilson and each was bottled at cask strength. The theme for the 2022 collection is called "Elusive Expressions" and Diageo selected digital illustrators/artists Ken Taylor and Kevin Fong to design the packaging. Refill & recharred American oak casks were used for maturation as well as Jamaican pot still rum casks which were used as a finishing process. Released October 2022. (SRP $179.99)
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This is pretty good but truthfully doesn’t live up to last year’s expression. Cardhu seems to be a scotch with a relatively light profile, so the rum sweetness ends up drowning out some of the more delicate flavors. As a result, this is a nice, sweet scotch that has some little fruit and floral notes here and there but isn’t something I’d search out.
Was mostly just spicy cinnamon to me
Closest flavor profiles across the whole catalog.
