Glasgow Distillery 2018 Hidden Spirits A Year Long Celebration 5 yo

 

 

 

50,9° 

Distillery : Glasgow Distillery - Lowlands

Bourbon Cask and Oloroso Sherry Finish

Independent Bottling 

By Hidden Spirits 

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2024

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Totally Unpeated 

 

 

 

With this A Year Long Celebration series, Hidden Spirits is celebrating its eleventh anniversary, or rather the first anniversary after 10 years. Any occasion is a good one to bring out a small series, including one from Glasgow Distillery, matured for 4 years in a Bourbon Barrel, before being matured for a year in an Oloroso Sherry cask, which produced 256 bottles.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

Slightly delicate and sweet notes, candied fruit, drops of honey, freshly cut cereals, discreet iodine, pears, peaches, clementines, lychees, hazelnuts and cracked wheat, a hint of lemon, very fine balance, very smooth aromas. On the palate, it's pulpy, watermelon, prickly pear, varnished wood but not very noticeable, a dash of vanilla, a pinch of cinnamon, dates, figs, sultanas. Quite a long, very respectable finish, cake pastry, crushed chestnuts, shortbread biscuits, perhaps speculoos and orange blossom, a touch of aniseed.

 

In Short, 

Not bad at all, despite its young age, which is completely unnoticeable. It's typical Lowland, but quite expressive all the same, with lots of fruit and good balance. The price may seem high for a 5-year-old, but the quality of the product will make you forget it. Definitely worth buying if you like the profile.

Score : 88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

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