Duncan Taylor Rare Auld / 1974, 34 Years Old

Duncan Taylor Rare Auld

Glen Grant

1974, 34 Years Old

ABV 51.5%
REVIEWED Issue 88

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Specifications

Brand: Glen Grant, Duncan Taylor
Expression: 1974, 34 Years Old
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 34 years old
Year of bottling: 2010
ABV: 51.5%
Country/Region: Scotland / Speyside
Bottling type: Independent Bottling
Bottled by: Duncan Taylor

Tasting notes

Taster Rob Allanson

Nose: Pungent and woody. Like opening a humidor, fresh tobacco. Black treacle and leaf mulch.
Palate: Toffee and vanilla. Dried fruits, almost coffee like. A nutty quality.
Finish: Short and fresh.
Comment: Complex and intriguing as an old whisky should be.

8.4

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Earthy. Dried mint and bayleaf with some eucalyptus, even enamel paint and hot clay. With water there’s baked apple and shoe wax but the slightly grubby earthiness remains.
Palate: A strange mix of the sweet and the bitter. High oak extracts. Moves in two directions: the intense and the bitter but and doesn’t resolve the issue.
Finish: Cacao.
Comment: Too dry and bitter for me.

7.2

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Glen Grant Distillery, Elgin Road, Rothes, Moray, Speyside, Scotland

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