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Distillery : Girvan - Lowlands
Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By William Cadenhead Limited
Limited Edition
Single Grain
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
Girvan is the famous distillery built in 9 months in 1963 by the Grant family, when Distillers Company Limited stopped supplying them with grain whisky produced in Cameronbridge. It is now the main source of Grant's Blends, particularly Triple Wood. Here, we have it as a Single Grain, aged in a single Bourbon Barrel, so that we can appreciate its full personality. No indication of the number of bottles.
Let's Taste It :
The cereals are very varied and intense, ranging from airy oats to sweet corn, crispy wheat grains and puffed rice, malted barley, rustic rye, millet. Brioche, all coated in caramel. Ethereal almond, cloud of milk. On the palate, vanilla comes in, it's slightly fruity but the cereals remain predominant. Very light spices, mirabelle plums and green apples. Deep finish, but could be longer, custard, sponge cake, white raisins, fudge, resin, cinnamon.
In Short,
A very good grain whisky, although I do regret that the alcohol content isn't a little higher, as it's a little light on the palate. As for the rest, it's sure to please grain whisky lovers. It's intense and rather complex. The price is a bit high, though.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Maria Williams - Humbled and Defanged
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