57,9°
Disitllery : Glen Garioch - Highlands
Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By La Maison du Whisky
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2023
Unchilliltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Slightly Peated
Glen Garioch is a distillery not far from Speyside, but still in the Highlands. Opened in 1797, it is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. It is now owned by Beam Suntory, along with Bowmore, Ardmore and Laphroaig. Few single malt bottlings leave its walls, so it's always worth picking up a dram. Here we have a 30-year-old one, aged in a Hogshead by Taiwanese independent bottler Hua Yang, founded in 2008. Hua Yang has given his finest gems to La Maison du Whisky, in order to build the new batch of the Artist range, subtitled Spirits Shop Selection, which will be sold as part of the New Vibrations collection. This was followed by a limited edition of 227 bottles decorated with the work Singed Sierra by Wang Yung Chiu, and that gave me the opportunity to discover a new distillery.
Let's Taste It :
Floral nose, with pronounced fruits, ripe mirabelle plums and greengages, apricots and quinces. Lilac and hyacinth dominate, with some earthy hints in the background. It's waxy, honeyed and very slightly camphorated. I don't smell any peat. On the palate, orchard fruits come to the fore, Conference pears, yellow apples, a zest of lemon and lovely spices, nutmeg, benzoin, cumin. The finish is quite long, full of energy, hazelnut and chickpea seeds, whole almonds and earth with bits of orange. Perhaps a pinch of peat on this finish.
In Short,
I really liked the nose, which I found to be very floral and fruity, with character. The rest is up to scratch without being overwhelming. As for the peat, there must be 4 or 5 ppm of it, no more, just enough to give the whole some depth. A great opportunity to showcase this too little-known distillery. Obviously, the very high price is a brake on the thirst for knowledge.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Slow Blow Fuse - The Bottle
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