Glengoyne 40 year old
Review by Glengoyne
- Colour
Dark, old copper. Deep and inviting. Teardrops linger, then reluctantly roll down the glass.
- Nose
Oily, red apples, créme brulee, ripe strawberries and cream. World class.
- Palate
Mouth feel: Oily.
Initial taste: Layers of ripe bananas, spiced plums, honey and cereal, dries into grapefruit, then soft oak. Complex.
- Finish
Long, dry and lingering.
- Conclusion
It's a joy to open casks after four decades and find such great balance between cask and still.
- Note
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The oldest and possibly finest Glengoyne ever released. This sumptuous Single Malt has been a long time in the making. Distilled in 1969, it first resided in selected 2nd fill hogsheads. Twenty eight years later it was re-racked in to 1st fill Sherry butts. Twelve years after that it filled into elegant, hand-blown, bespoke Glencairn whisky decanters, at full strength, un-chillfiltered. The result is a silky smooth 40 Year Old whisky of extraordinary depth and complexity.