Picked up a bottle of Glen Moray 16, knowing little about it, but seeming to be a good price for a 16 year old at $50 bucks, I took a chance on it. It says nothing on the bottle about being finished in Chenin Blanc casks, but when searching the net for reviews and tasting notes I often see it listed as Chenin Blanc finished but haven't found much on whether this is different from the standard bottling, or if it is indeed the standard.
That said, this is a pleasant but pretty underwhelming dram. I guess I was expecting a bit more from something 16 years old. I don't have another standard Speysider at the moment to do any comparing, but I think a 12 year old Cragganmore would kill this in a blind tasting. You could use the chill filtering & 40% abv as an excuse for the Moray's lack of depth, but even the Crag is a chill filtered 40%-er.
Whiskyfun.com pretty much nails it:
"Not much to say. Sweetish and mellow, with notes of toasted wood. Short, quite weak finish."
@ryanloewe That sounds like an older bottling from the days of Glen Moray belonging to Glenmorangie (LVMH). I read once that they'd created it so they could market it to the ladies. Don't think it worked.
The new owners of Glen Moray have abandoned that foolishness, but the 12 year old is the only expression currently being imported to the USA.
Picked up a bottle of Glen Moray 16, knowing little about it, but seeming to be a good price for a 16 year old at $50 bucks, I took a chance on it. It says nothing on the bottle about being finished in Chenin Blanc casks, but when searching the net for reviews and tasting notes I often see it listed as Chenin Blanc finished but haven't found much on whether this is different from the standard bottling, or if it is indeed the standard.
That said, this is a pleasant but pretty underwhelming dram. I guess I was expecting a bit more from something 16 years old. I don't have another standard Speysider at the moment to do any comparing, but I think a 12 year old Cragganmore would kill this in a blind tasting. You could use the chill filtering & 40% abv as an excuse for the Moray's lack of depth, but even the Crag is a chill filtered 40%-er.
Whiskyfun.com pretty much nails it:
"Not much to say. Sweetish and mellow, with notes of toasted wood. Short, quite weak finish."