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Key Facts About This Whisky

Distillery: 

Region: New Zealand

Cask Type: Gonzalez Byass Oloroso Sherry Butt (500 litres)

Cask Number: 101

Age: 5 year and 1 day old

Casked: 15/11/2015

Bottled: 16/11/2020

Alcohol by Volume: cask strength at 61.2%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill-filtration

Bottle Size: 350ml

Growing Wings Tasting Notes

Marking the five-year anniversary of the first spirit laid down at Cardrona, the ‘Growing Wings’ release cask strength whisky is aged in a single Oloroso sherry butt. Decadently rich with fat sticky raisins coated in Cardrona's signature borage flower honey and cream.  

About Cardrona Growing Wings

This release is very special to the Cardrona family because it was the first distillery owned barrel that was filled, Barrel No. 101. 

Cardrona’s progress report series allow whisky lovers to follow the spirit’s progress towards its future signature 10 year old. Cardrona’s icon is named in honour of its guard, the New Zealand falcon. The New Zealand falcon is often found perched at the end of the barrel house, and the bird famously stood on the neck of the wash still as it was craned into the distillery.

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