This 10cl bottling provides an excellent opportunity to explore a rare, limited edition single cask release from one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries. This 10cl bottling contains a 21 year old, award winning Glen Garioch, distilled in 1994 and release by ourselves back in 2015 for The Rare Casks series. Matured in a refill hogshead, bottled at natural cask strength, without chill filtration or added colouring.
Tasting Notes
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Nose
A tight integration of citrus notes, malted barley and could that be peat? (Just a waft, if so.) Buttermilk and lime marmalade. Traces of vanilla custard, pineapple, green apples. Herbal: sage or bay leaves, with dried tea. Ground almonds. Lemonade.
Palate
Grapefruit juice providing a sour note, with again the malted barley quality and Assam tea. Traces of sandalwood and an ever-so-slight aniseed quality. Flashes of pineapple. Vanilla does arrive, but doesn’t dominate. Quite nutty in places, with almonds, walnuts, and finally a pleasing grassiness.
Finish
Green tea and honey on the finish.