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Glen Garioch 1978 Vintage Edition 30 Year Old, Bourbon Cask, 2009, 57.8%
Glen Garioch

Glen Garioch 1978 Vintage Edition 30 Year Old, Bourbon Cask, 2009, 57.8%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 25
Average Score
Avg 100
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Description

A historic Highland malt distillery and one of the oldest still operating in Scotland. Established in the heart of Old Meldrum back in 1797, it is today part of the Beam Suntory portfolio and produces a non-peated spirit which is entirely reserved for its single malt brand. This is a stunning 1978 vintage release from Glen Garioch, a limited release of 1,320 cask strength bottles.

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Cask type
Bourbon Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
1320
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Wooden box
Series highlights
Vintage Edition
Historical context
Distilled in the year of Glen Garioch's Greenhouse Project fruition; 1978 was a monumental year for the distillery, with Morrison Bowmore purchasing it from DCL.
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Fruity with hints of pepper and ginger. Honey and vanilla with a whiff of smoke, leaning toward a vanilla creme filled donut. Sweet lemon cake and star fruit. Dryness. Initially spicy fruits and ash, rich wood, toffee, brown glue, light herbal honey, dried green herbs, shoe polish, new leather, dusty bookshelf notes.
Palate
Peat, red grapefruit juice with perfect bitterness and sweetness. Spice with white pepper and cinnamon. Woodspice, leather, glace cherries, candied citrus peel, wet oak, hints of wood smoke, green chilli peppers, icing sugar.
Finish
Long. Peat and pepper play on the tongue with a sweet under-note, overall dry mouth. Back of the palate dry and chalky, gullet peppery. Woodspice dominates, mainly cinnamon, more green pepper notes. More pronounced smoke. Candied citrus, orange marmalade. Slight stinging bitterness.
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