.glengoyne - 10yo

"This is the taste of distilling slower than anyone else in Scotland, of barley we dry by air – never peat – and of oak casks we select by hand. Just as we have always done."

- Glengoyne distillery

.glengoyne - cask strength - batch #1

58,7% abv, €43, single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: sweet, vanilla, cotton candy, grains, wet malt, fermenting fruit, banana, pear
Palate: hot, sweet, marzipan, fruit, pears, red fruit, berries, spicy, whole black pepper
Finish: long, sweet, marzipan, nuts, walnuts, pecan nuts, almonds
Mark: +++/++

Conclusion: Hot, needs water. She is a little sweet for my taste, but I can imagine it being a nice drink to match with a chocolate based desert.

This bottle was present in our shared room at Maltstock, where is was left by the organisation in order to be drunk and shared with the roommates. Of course we brought the remainder of the bottle home in equal shares, to have a proper taste at home.

.glen highland class - 13yo - malts of Scotland

50% abv, €45, single malt, non-chill filtered, natural colour

Nose: very dry red wine/ sherry, some wood, rather sweet with honey, caramel and toffee-apples, citrus, oranges and orange-peel, floral, geraniums, a hint of fresh ground coffee and a whiff of mint
Palate: strong, dry, heavily sherried and sweet like honey. There is a lot of dried stone fruits available, like raisins, plums and apricots, all mixed with a little marmalade
Finish: strong and dry. Lots of tannins, a slight marmalade-like bitter, sweet from honey and - again - raisins
Mark: ++/+++

Conclusion: very nice indeed, but nothing special. It is quite a sherry-bomb, which I happen to like very much. Sadly, it has this ultra-sweet finish that is very successful in getting the glaze of your teeth. With a drop of water it settles a little, but not much. A good price though, and it would hold up very well next to another sherry-bomb like, for example the Glenfaclas 105.

More info: It is thought to be a Glengoyne, but I have not found anything making it so. I did not drink enough Glengoyne yet to compare and confirm.

Distilled in 1999, obviously matured in ex-Sherry vessels, bottled in 2013 into 999 bottles at 50%. The last in a series of five different distilleries, of which this is the only undisclosed bottling.