Cadenhead’s Enigma Speyside 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700ml 51.9%

Cadenhead’s new range of undisclosed malts, finished in Pineau des Charentes since 2020.

Details
700ml: 51.9%alc
Age: 16-year-old
Region: Speyside
Cask Type: Pineau des Charentes finish.
Bottler: Cadenhead’s
Distilled: 2008
Bottled: February 2025
Release date: Late 2025 (AU)

Description
With a yield of 714 bottles, this enticing Speyside single malt from an undisclosed distillery, was matured for the first part of its 16-year journey in unspecified casks. Then, it was elegantly finished in Pineau des Charentes wine casks from 2020 until its February 2025 bottling. Discover a layered flavour profile featuring fresh rye bread, honey, rich dark chocolate, and a warming touch of ginger snaps.

About Pineau des Charentes.
Pineau des Charentes, a French fortified wine from the Charente region in western France, and is usually made by blending grape juice with Cognac eau-de-vie. When whisky is matured in these wine casks, it can absorb flavours like ripe grape or raisin notes, honeyed sweetness, subtle oak, spices, almonds, or toasted nuts depending on the wine style.

About Cadenhead’s Enigma series.
The whiskies in Cadenhead’s Enigma series are just that – unusual, hard to quantify, perhaps even slightly contradictory. They can be single casks, vattings of multiple casks, blends, blended malts or whatever else the team can find that doesn’t fit into their existing bottling line-up, but meets Cadenhead’s only essential criteria – that they’re delicious.