This is Batch 7 of Glengoyne’s Cask Strength expression. The whisky is drawn from first-fill European and American oak Oloroso sherry casks, refill casks and bourbon barrels, and bottled without any chill-filtration or additional colouring.
Digestive biscuits, ripe bananas and a hint of pepper. This is the taste of Scotland’s slowest distillation, bottled as tradition insists: at cask strength, un-chillfiltered. Like every Glengoyne, the amber hue is created by time and oak, nothing more.
APPEARANCE : Amber gold.
NOSE : Warm baked custard, peppered strawberries, digestive biscuits, soft oak and a short sherbet tingle.
MOUTH : Thick rosehip syrup, Demerara sugar developing into a spicy, gooseberry dryness. Wonderful balance, nothing dominates.
TASTE : Smooth, sweet start, with some sherry and chocolate.
WITH WATER : Intensified syrup and green fruits.
FINISH : Very long.
‘Gold’ IWSC 2013.
