Glen Grant Distillery
ABV 51.5%
Too dry and bitter for me.
Dave Broom
Duncan Taylor
Brand
Duncan Taylor
Bottler
1974, 34 Years Old
Expression
Single Malt
Type
34
Age (Years)
2010
Year of Bottling
51.5%
ABV
Speyside
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
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.
Score: 7.2
Taster
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.
Score: 8.4
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