Product Description

An old-school heavily-sherried single cask Glenglassaugh with a surprisingly accomplished balance of fruit and structure and a Demerara finish to die for.

Product Facts

Bottler
Speciality Drinks Ltd
Series
Single Malts of Scotland
Age
30 Year Old
Vintage
1998
Bottling Date
Oct 2008
No of Bottles
267
Country
Scotland
Region
Highland
Cask Number
531
Chill Filtered
No
Colouring
No

Glenglassaugh 1978 30 Year Old

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Speciality Drinks Ltd

70cl / 49.8%

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes by Whiskyfun (Serge Valentin)
- Comment
  From a hogshead, probably sherry.
- Colour
  Amber with green hues.
- Nose
  Quite expressive, starting on notes of rum and even tequila (old anejo) as well as husk, shoe polish, dried beef and Christmas fruitcake. Then we have notes of maple syrup, hints of date brandy (arrak), old leather (horse saddle) and finally a mixture of smoked ham and liquorice. This reminds me of some Glen Mhors – an ‘anti-modern’ malt.
- Mouth
  Much rounder than its bros, less grassy (even if these notes of old rum are still there). Candy sugar, caramelised wood (rum again), dried apples, bergamot sweets (a specialty from Nancy in Lorraine), maple syrup and then various soft spices, mostly white pepper and dried cardamom. A slight bitterness (capers?) keeps it pleasantly nervous.
- Finish
  Medium long, back on rum and tequila. Also dried bananas, burnt sugar and roasted raisins.
- Comments
  Once again an unusual Glenglassaugh, very Caribbean this time. And very good. SGP:551 - 88 points.
Tasting Notes by Tim F
- N
  A very old-school sherry nose: concentrated with thick raisins, syrup and fruitcake, and hints of liquorice and molasses.
- P
  More of the same, big Oloroso flavours with some apple and cooked pastry for good measure, plus plenty of brown sugar, a hint of mocha.
- F
  Delicious apples and dark Demerara sugar. Like a top-quality home-made toffee apple.