The Singleton Glen Ord 14 yo Special Release 2024 Autumn Walk

 

 

 

54,7°

Distillery : Glen Ord - Highlands

1st Fill Bourbon Casks, Charred Spanish Oak Ends Finish

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2024

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Totally Unpeated 

 

 

 

The Singleton brand was launched in 1986 to promote lesser-known distilleries such as Auchroisk, which was considered too difficult for the general public to pronounce. Subsequently, Singleton was limited to Dufftown, Glendullan and Glen Ord, the latter often considered to be the best of the three. Here we have a 14-year limited edition of this Glen Ord, finished in Charred Casks, the ends of which come from the Pyrenees mountains and are known as Spanish oak.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

White fruits, plums, grapes, peaches, orchard fruits, apples of all colours, ripe pears, liquid honey. Herbaceous notes, angelica, freshly cut grass in wet weather, occasional earthy touches. Airy freshness, perhaps a hint of iodine. Vanilla on the palate, lemon pie with pastry cream, some cereals, sweet spices, cinnamon, rosemary, nutmeg. The finish is long and almost powerful, woody, mahogany, rain-softened bark, vegetal moss, pistachio crumbs. Chestnuts and wheat.

 

In Short, 

It's very pleasant to drink, with a very fruity nose, vanilla on the palate and a deep, almost charcoal finish. Glen Ord is definitely one of these distilleries I'm partial to. But, as is often the case with these Diageo Special Releases, the extravagant price is the problem.

Score : 88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           Anna Ransom - Slow Climb