Glengoyne 21 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Product of: United Kingdom

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The upper echelon of Glengoyne’s core range, this unpeated 21-year-old Highland malt is aged in 100% first-fill European oak ex-sherry casks – mainly first fill oloroso with some Pedro Ximénez. Each bottling comprises 10 to 20 casks. First released April 2007

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 07/10/2012

Appearance:

Clear, deep copper with bronze highlights.

Aroma:

Red apples – apple strudel, fresh barley and bual madeira with raisin fruit, toasted almond, linseed putty and light cinnamon spice.

Taste:

Honeyed and sherried woody oaked palate with stewed pear, red apple fruit, faint sappy pine and cinnamon spice.

Aftertaste:

Rich sherry oaky finish with vegetal notes and lingering pine sap, dry oak and spice. Heavy pine and oak bitter tannins may polarise.