Penderyn Madeira Finish

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Penderyn's flagship Welsh single malt. Matured in bourbon barrels and finished in Madeira casks, it's full of toffee, raisin and tropical-fruit sweetness — a light, easy introduction to Welsh whisky.

Non-chill filtered

Details

Brand	Penderyn
Distillery	Penderyn
Origin	Wales
Style	Single Malt
Age	NAS
ABV	46%
Cask	Bourbon barrels, Madeira cask finish

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Cream toffee, raisins and ripe fruit, with a touch of vanilla.
Palate: Light and rounded, with fruity sweetness balanced by a pleasant dryness.
Finish: Tropical fruit, raisins and vanilla linger gently.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

Neat
On the rocks
Highball

Despite the 46% strength it drinks lightly, so start neat to enjoy the fruit. On ice the sweetness tightens up, and as a highball the Madeira fruitiness comes through fresh and bright.

Food pairing

Fruit cake and other baked goods with dried fruit, aged cheeses, or sweet-salty starters like prosciutto and melon.

Background & production

Made at the Penderyn distillery in the Brecon Beacons National Park, South Wales. Welsh whisky-making had died out in 1894; Penderyn, launched as a business in 2000, went on sale in 2004 as the first Welsh whisky in over a century.

It is distilled in the Faraday still, a single copper pot still designed by Dr David Faraday.

Madeira is the original Penderyn house style: matured in ex-bourbon barrels, then finished in ex-Madeira wine casks. It is bottled at 46% without chill filtration.