46°
Distillery : Glen Ord - Highlands
1st Fill Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By Daily Dram & Signatory Vintage
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
This is the second bottling produced jointly by Daily Dram and Signatory Vintage. Basically, the Belgians took what they liked from Mr Symington's warehouses. And here we have a Glen Ord matured in a single Bourbon Barrel, aged for 11 years. Unfortunately, there are no details on the number of bottles obtained.
Let's Taste It :
It's very fruity, orchard fruits, white peaches, Conference pears, juicy apples, but also a lovely mellowness, egg custard, brioche, butter biscuits, filled with caramel. Creamy vanilla, a few citrus fruits, but more grapefruit than lemon. Very well balanced overall. On the palate, the fruit is more candied, like chewy sweets, with a pinch of icing sugar, and rather discreet spices. The finish is fairly long but not interminable either, shortbread biscuits, braised chestnuts, a slice of lime and lemon tart.
In Short,
Glen Ord is a distillery that I like more and more, and here I found the nose and palate really close to perfection. The finish on the other hand is fine, but lacks a little power and length. It's a successful bottling, but it could have been really impressive with a slightly higher alcohol content. The price was attractive, but it's not really available any more, so you'll have to be smart to find the last bottles in stock at a reasonable price.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Olya Sonica - Let Me In
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