57,1° (100° Proof)
Distillery : Glentauchers - Speyside
1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
Independent Bottling
By Signatory Vintage
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
Released last March at the same time as the Glenrothes I mentioned in the previous post, this one has undergone the same maturation process, and both come from the same region. This was an opportunity to compare them. The number of bottles released is not mentioned, but there are at least 3000.
Let's Taste It :
Sherry full of smoked wood and melting dark chocolate. Then smooth jelly, fried green tomatoes, dried apricots, almonds, dates, whole hazelnuts. Wood varnish. Grapefruit pulp, egg white. Citrusy on the palate, with lively spices, cumin, cloves. Lemon zest, vegetal touches, candied angelica. Long and powerful finish, orange and lime, light tobacco and coffee, chlorophyll, dolmades wrapped in vine leaves, ginger. Bay leaves, damp earth, liquorice.
In Short,
It's a nice thing to drink, but I found vegetal notes that didn't go very well with the intense Sherry. The Glenrothes seems to me to have done a better job, this one is a bit more sketchy. That said, given the price, it's not a bad deal either. If you like the profile, buy it.
Score : 87
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Yet Not I - To Shed
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