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September 27, 2021
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Barely unlikely advert for Glen Grant, 1977.
Hope the Scots will make it to the European Parliament in the future! |
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I am undecided everybody is aware of that within the Seventies and even Nineteen Eighties, Glen Grant was THE collectable malt and was commending larger costs than ‘M’ in Italy, house nation of whisky geekdom. This has modified however tables maintain turning so we are going to see what’s going to occur sooner or later. Within the meantime, let’s strive a number of…
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Glen Grant ‘Arboralis’ (40%, OB, +/-2021) 
Simply one other uninteresting younger NAS with a foolish title and a good sillier story? Let’s have a look at… Now I simply noticed that they presently have a full bottle of this one at 23€ at Carrefour in France, so I suppose you can’t count on a lot from such a budgety malt. Let’s have a look at certainly… Oh by the best way, ‘Arboralis’ appears to imply one thing like ‘mild that comes from inside the bushes’. Is that so? Color: straw. Nostril: completely all proper, on apple juice, vanilla, sponge cake and simply barley, plus whiffs of tarter fruits, granny smith, lime, rhubarb… Hey that is fairly nice, whereas evidently they haven’t used cheapo swiftly seasoned casks right here. Mouth: sure, completely all proper. Good vanilla, good recent oak, extra apple juice, muffins, somewhat cinnamon. Tends to nosedive after 5 seconds however in spite of everything, you possibly can all the time have one other glass. Good and undemanding. End: nearly none, however earlier than you get to the end and as I instructed, you’ve got already poured your self one other measure. Feedback: loyal and sincere, no quibbles. Just a bit weak.
SGP:441 – 80 factors. |
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Glen Grant 22 yo 1998/2020 (55.1%, Girl of The Glen, refill butt, cask #13212, 444 bottles) 
I’ve the impression that they actually have upped their recreation at LOTG – Hannah Whisky Retailers. Color: white wine. Nostril: it is fascinating that after in all probability 15 extra years in wooden and at a a lot larger power, this child would comply with the identical path as that of the … what was the title once more? Similar recent citrus and inexperienced apples, vanilla, barley syrup.. With water: nice greenness, zests, apple peelings, inexperienced walnuts, star fruit… It is actually slim, in an excellent method. Mouth (neat): actually tight and tart, with lemon drops and limoncello at first, white applejack, then slightly coriander and Thai basil. Nice zing. With water: nearly sends shivers down your backbone, like a correct bone-dry sauvignon blanc. I am a sucker for that – plus, you may be sure to’ve nonetheless received all of your vertebras whereas it goes down. It is the right malt with seafood, a lot better than peaters in my view (yeah I do know everybody slightly does Islay with oysters and such stuff). End: medium, lemony, refreshing, even when the aftertaste is somewhat creamier and fatter. Limoncello slightly than lime juice. Feedback: elementary, in an effective way. Most likely nice in a Scottish misuwari.
SGP:551 – 87 factors. |
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Glen Grant 24 yo 1997/2021 (52%, Whisky AGE, Taiwan, hogshead, cask #5044, 218 bottles)
Seems like they’re increasingly lively whisky-wise in Taiwan, which I discover precisely sensible. What number of are they? 500 million? Nice passionate people with a penchant for motion slightly than chi-chat, properly that is my feeling and I say bravo! Color: gold. Nostril: comparable, but once more, maybe a tad fatter and ‘wider’ with regard to the fruits. Vanilla and papaya, oranges, lemon syrup, in any other case barley syrup and varied muffins. And overripe apples. Very good compact and focussed nostril. With water: again to citrus. Suppose that citrusy hops that increasingly brewers appear to be utilizing of their IPAs (yeah I simply visited a wee brewery right here in Alsace). Mouth (neat): identical fashion as that of the 1998, solely the wooden was a tad extra lively, which interprets into some fatter, creamier physique. Vanilla, apples, lemons, honeysuckle honey, rhubarb… A little bit extra pepper too. With water: limoncello aged in oak. Must ask some Italian mates whether or not that will be a no-no or not. End: medium, on limoncello and vanilla. Feedback: warning, very likeable however this goes down too properly. Not overly sophisticated however glorious.
SGP:651 – 87 factors. |
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One other one which’s in its twenties…
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Glen Grant 22 yo 1995/2018 (51.9%, Fadandel.dk, bourbon, cask #119460, 198 bottles) 
Color: white wine. Nostril: again to tartness and brightness, with actually a great deal of lemons, rhubarb, gooseberries, maybe a drop of benzine (the place would that come from?) With water: somewhat rounder, nearly floral at instances. Jasmine and wisteria, lillies… Mouth (neat): tart once more, but in addition grassier, nearly gritty. Inexperienced plums, lime zests, lemon caviar, kafir, granny smith… With water: completely spitzenklasse, with somewhat syrup rounding it off whereas all these acidic fruits would get, yeah, rounder. There is a delicate earthiness, near pu-her, that provides some extra-dimension (and yet one more level). Blame it on the bourbon cask. End: medium, completely recent, citrusy, this time with a sense of sandalwood. Feedback: all these indies are glorious, this one being extra-excellent in my view.
SGP:561 – 88 factors. |
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