Cadenhead’s Enigma Blended Malt 16 Year Old 2008 Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025

Cadenhead’s Enigma Blended Malt 16 Year Old is a limited-edition Blended Malt Scotch Whisky created for the Campbeltown Malts Festival 2025. Distilled in 2008 and bottled in May 2025 at 53.6% ABV, it carries the Enigma code BM.4.A. The vatting combines four Bourbon hogsheads: two casks of single malt from Orkney together with two casks containing Hazelburn and Kilkerran whisky. Only 1,230 bottles were released. The result is sweet and fruit-forward, combining tropical fruit and confectionery notes with citrus and a subtle thread of warming peat smoke.

Food Pairing: Smoked pork, grilled chicken, aged cheddar, lemon tart, tropical fruit desserts or toasted marshmallows.

Tasting Notes: Sweet and fruity with tropical fruit, citrus and confectionery sweetness balanced by gentle campfire smoke and warming wood spice.

Nose: Scottish shortbread, kiwi and icing sugar with toasted marshmallow sweetness.

Palate: Tropical fruits and white sugar with lemon meringue pie and a subtle layer of campfire smoke.

Finish: Lingering s’mores, lemon curd and papaya followed by warming wood spice.

Serve: Enjoy neat to appreciate the balance between tropical fruit and gentle smoke. A small amount of water can help open the whisky at 53.6% ABV.