Glenglassaugh 1978 31 Year Old TWE 10th Anniversary

  • Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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70cl / 44.6%

Glenglassaugh 1978 / 31 Year Old / TWE 10th Anniversary

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A special edition of Glenglassaugh 1978, bottled for our Tenth Anniversary at the grand old age of 31 years old, we reckon from a refill sherry hogshead. Superb complexity on this deliciously old-fashioned dram.

Tasting Notes (2)
Facts

Facts

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    Bottler

    The Whisky Exchange

  • Age Icon

    Age

    31 Year Old

  • Bottling Date Icon

    Bottling Date

    2009

  • Country Icon

    Country

    Scotland

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    Region

    Highland

  • Chill Filtered Icon

    Chill Filtered

    No

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    Colouring

    No

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

  • Tasting Notes by Whiskyfun (Serge Valentin)

    • Colour

      Full gold.

    • Nose

      Starts aromatic and generous, with big notes of ‘old style club Speysider’ if you see what I mean. Very traditional old malt, reminding me a bit of some old sherried Macallans. Nice combination of touches of menthol and eucalyptus with everything ‘old style sherry’, that is to say prunes, raisins, hints of chocolate, whiffs of old wine barrel (hints at Burgundy in a certain way), blackcurrants and just a little old leather and cigars. Very, very classic.

    • Mouth

      Even more a classic that on the nose, this time more on orange marmalade and various spices such as cinnamon. Good mouth feel. It’s also a little ‘brandified’ but I doubt they added brandy to this baby at the time (did you know that some Scottish bottlers used to add cognac to their whisky casks to enhance them, a few decades ago? Not kidding!) Anyway, a very nice dram that keeps going on with more notes of coffee and liquorice.

    • Finish

      Rather long, all on bitter oranges and coffee.

    • Comments

      As I wrote, this is really classic old style malt whisky. Good sherry balance – to sip in a gentlemen’s club with a bunch of old friends – preferably politicans. What, that’s a tad too cliché for you? As for global quality, I think it’s just a notch below the terrific Linkwood and Clynelish in the same series. SGP:551 - 90 points.

  • Tasting Notes by Tim F

    • Nose

      Richer and very forward, with a beautiful dark chocolate and christmas cake character: heady notes of mixed peel, old leather, polished wood, almost like a rancio – yes, there’s definitely strong hints of OCP (Old Church Pews) going on here. Like an aged chocolate orange liqueur, if there ever was such a thing (and if there wasn’t, there definitely should be on this evidence). Opens up beautifully after 10-15 minutes. I could happily sit here and nose this all night, but the pool hall is calling.

    • Palate

      Big and assertive oak again, with the added sweetness (by comparison to the Linkwood) of what I’m guessing was a top, top, top quality refill sherry hogshead but again this has been bottled just in time before the wood takes over. Treacly and very chocolatey, with more than a hint of mocha and rich marmalade. So characterful. Not just old, but very old-fashioned Speyside whisky (and I say that with pride).

    • Finish

      Immense. The orange returns and the coffee and treacle linger for a very long time. Epic.

    • Comments

      Well, this is just superb. Again, I know I would say that - but believe me, fans of old-fashioned sherried Speysides will lap this up. An incredibly classy whisky, with just the right balance of oak and sweetness and as much depth as you can handle.

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Customer Reviews

Reviews (9)

Reviews

  • Anonymous,

    Great whisky!! How many bottles???

  • Hans,

    Excelent whisky! Just arived in Germany and drinking now. Good work TWE!

  • Tim F,

    'Glassocher, many thanks for your kind words. Can you all please remember that everyone is entitled to our opinions and it doesn't help to get too upset by anyone else's. The first poster gives the malt 88 points and we're pretty happy with that. I'd score it higher myself, but I'm probably biased :)

  • 'Glassocher,

    To the anonymous 88-pointer - you're entitled to your opinion (although you seem to be backtracking a bit). In my opinion, for the age of the malt and the rarity of this distillery, a whisky of this quality is anything but common at this price. Why would you recommend something nondescript and unspectacular to several friends, btw?

  • Anonymous,

    I find it odd that someone would call something 'typical', 'common' (which as a Glenglassaugh it certainly isn't), 'nondescript' and 'unspectacular' but then turn around and give it 88 points. Either you're being utterly disingenuous or your scoring sytem is somewhat different to my own. 88 points is typical? You must drink some pretty amazing stuff.

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