
Enigma 16 Year Old Speyside Whisky 53.6%
£131.94 (Incl. VAT)
£131.94 (Incl. VAT)
A delicious secret Speyside whisky bottled for Cadenhead’s Enigma range. Coming from an undisclosed Speyside distillery this 16 year old has earthy dunnage notes that are followed by notes of chorizo, Turkish delight and dark chocolate. Matured in ex-Manzanilla sherry casks this whisky is non chill-filtered has natural colour and is bottled at 53.6% abv.


Enigma Speyside 16 Year Old Whisky 53.6%
Official Tasting Notes
Nose - Red cola, sandalwood, peppery, dunnage floors, damp cellar
Flavour - Bacon crisps, chorizo, salted caramel popcorn, olives
Finish - Tangerine, mineral, pebbles on the beach, 70-80% dark chocolate, Turkish delight

Wm Cadenhead & Co is Scotlands oldest independent bottler and was established back in 1842. The company remained in family ownership until the 1970’s when it was sold to J & A Mitchell & Co Ltd. Cadenhead’s has a shop in Campbelltown, west Scotland plus stores now in Edinburgh, London and Europe bringing their total to nine. This independent bottler is a well respected household name in the whisky industry. The current owners have done a great job in expanding whilst maintaining the original aims and traditional ethos of the business. Cadenshead’s bottle their single malts when they are drinking at their best. There is a highly experienced team working hard to judge the right moment to release these whiskies to market. The attitude is to focus not on quantity but quality of the malts bottled.There are a wide variety of bottling’s released when ready. The Authentic Collection; which are cask strength, single cask whiskies. Other ranges of note are Closed Distilleries, World Whiskies and Small Batch. Plus there's also great blended Scotch and a gin release too.

Reviewed by
The Whiskritic