ABV 46%
The nose promised smoothness, the palate delivered dry oakiness. Water cuts the edges but enhances bitterness and spices.
Martine Nouet
Glengoyne
Brand
Ian Macleod
Bottler
1972
Expression
Single Malt
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
2007
Year of Bottling
46%
ABV
Highland
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Perfumy. Starts with cereal notes entwined with fruit and oak. Barley sugar, peardrop, gooseberry, polished floor. Then herbal notes break through. Linden tree.
Palate: Good velvety feel stiffened by grippy oak.
Finish: Dry, spicy, oaky.
Comment: The nose promised smoothness, the palate delivered dry oakiness. Water cuts the edges but enhances bitterness and spices.
Score: 7.3
Taster
Nose: Fresh, sweet and quite light with cream, coconut, baked banana. Water brings out clover honey, jasmine, cucumber and very light ginger.
Palate: Sweet and light. Very clean and lifted with enough going on in the centre to give it good balance and feel.
Finish: Minty.
Comment: Amazingly fresh for such an oldie. Much prefer this style of Glengoyne to the sherried monsters which tend to drown the distillery character.
Score: 7.8
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