57,1° (100° Proof)
Distillery : Glen Spey - Speyside
1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
Independent Bottling
By Signatory Vintage
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
Exploring the 100 Proof range, inaugurated at the beginning of 2024, also means discovering little-known distilleries such as this one, almost all of whose production goes into blends, including the infamous J&B. The time has come to do justice to this distillery by realising its potential, perhaps on the occasion of this bottling, 9 years old and matured in 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts. This is a limited edition, but the number of bottles produced is very large.
Let's Taste It :
Woody sherry, varnished wood and dried fruit, dates and apricots, brown sugar, cinnamon. A tiny touch of smoke certainly from the charred cask. Quite round, with a lovely caramelised sweetness. Nougatine. It's less interesting on the palate, a little light, molasses, prunes, dried figs, a hint of bitterness, then spices, cloves, pepper, cumin. Pears and quinces. The finish is long and rather powerful, with charcoal balls, wood shavings, toffee, liquorice sticks and sultanas.
In Short,
I liked the nose, which is quite nuanced, and the finish, which is very correct, but on the palate it's not the same, it's too clear, which is a shame. So I'll give it a good mark, because on the whole it's a good whisky, but such a mouthful makes me say that no, it's not worth buying. If only because there are better products in the same range at the same price.
Score : 86
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Hannah Peel - Silk Road
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