60,2°
Distillery : Glen Elgin - Speyside
Sherry Butt
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 1988
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
On January 28, 1988, the Distillery Manager R.J. Grant blindly selected among a hundred others this Sherry cask distilled around 1972, and bottled it for his close collaborators at United Distillers, which later became Diageo. We do not know how many bottles were released, but there were few. Every year or so, The Manager’s Dram celebrates a distillery from Diageo, one of which was selected by the Distillery Manager for the group’s employees. It seems that 1988 was the year when this range was inaugurated.
Let's Taste It :
Very woody Sherry, with hints of tinder, mahogany, Armenian paper, and a slight mineral note. The fruit moves towards ripe banana and white plum, and the wood seems to have been toasted, giving it charcoal overtones, a tiny amount of smoke, black tea, Russian-style, burnt rubber, leather, iron filings, biscuits. Gingerbread, with dried raisins and candied fruits. Farther back, it's more exotic, more tropical, pomegranate, papaya, passion fruit. The wood is heavy, rough, creamy, almost sweet but very intense. The palate is rich and spicy, with cumin, pepper, ginger, very fertile earth, mangroves, laurel, coconut and almonds. The finish is very long, pleasant, more luscious, almost syrupy, cola, gravel, black cherry and muscat grape, blueberry, heather.
In Short,
An absolutely outstanding nose, so much so that the mouth seemed disappointing in comparison, although it was very good. The result is a masterpiece of originality and intensity that can rarely be encountered. This dram will remain among my best memories of whiskies. However, the purchase is impossible, unless you have an extra car.
Score : 92
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly
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