Glen Grant Distillery
ABV 54.6%
A big gentle well-balanced dram. Deep and old.
Dave Broom
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
Brand
Birthday Bottle, 1972, 28 Years Old
Expression
Single Malt
Type
28
Age (Years)
2001
Year of Bottling
54.6%
ABV
Speyside
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Aged sherry (dry Oloroso) walnut, chicory, fig rolls, chocolate, wrinkly Cox's, tarragon. Water makes it smokier/meatier, leather, raisin, date and coal smoke.
Palate: Soft yet savoury: chocolate with a whiff of coal smoke, coffee cake.
Finish: Big soft and gentle. Liquorice and soot.
Comment: A big gentle well-balanced dram. Deep and old.
Score: 8.5
Taster
Nose: Malty. Treacle toffee. Appetising, juicy, sherryish, oak. Poire Williams.
Palate: Layers of malty, nutty, flavours.
Finish: Intense raisiny sweetness, then drying on the tongue, with a suggestion of char. A hint of cough sweets.
Comment: Lovely chestnut colour. Soothing. After dinner and in front of a log fire. A touch woody, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Score: 8.3
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