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Review of New
Zealand's Cardrona Distillery new 'Full
Flight' series which launches with two 7
Year Old single cask whiskies - Cardrona
Full Flight Sherry Cask 114 and Cardrona
Full Flight Bourbon Cask 124.
Cardrona
Full Flight Bourbon Cask 124 and
Cardrona Full Flight Sherry Cask 114 are two
new single cask, single malt 7 Year Old
whiskies from New Zealand's Cardrona
distillery which have been
released to mark seven years in oak.
Cardrona distillery is located in the
Cardrona Valley, Central Otago New
Zealand, a 40 minute drive from
Queenstown. Cardrona's first distilled
spirit run off its stills back in 2015
and now that spirit has had some time to
mature they have selected two single
casks to be bottled for their 'Full Flight' series,
which the distillery has created to
showcase the progress of Cardrona’s
single malt.
The two new additions will join
Cardrona’s portfolio of award-winning
single cask whiskies, which includes
their critically acclaimed ‘Just
Hatched’ single cask releases, which
sold out in a matter of days, and their
5 year old counterpart ‘Growing Wings’.
The distillery tells me that the new ‘Full Flight’ expressions have
been carefully hand-selected by
Distillery Founder Desiree Reid from
very special ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry
casks.
The Cardrona Full Flight Sherry Cask 114
release was matured for
seven years in a González Byass Oloroso
sherry butt then transferred to a Pedro
Ximénez butt for a decadent finish.
Bottled at what should be a very
flavoursome strength of 62.7% ABV, it has a RRP of
£125 for 350ml.
The Cardrona Full Flight Bourbon Cask
124 release was matured in an
ex-Breckenridge Bourbon cask for seven
years. Again bottled at what should be a
very flavoursome strength of 66.9% ABV, it has a
RRP of £125 for 350ml.
You can read my thoughts on the two new
whiskies below and you will find the Cardrona whisky range available from specialist online whisky
shops such as
The Whisky Exchange,
Master of Malt
and
Hard To Find Whisky
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