Glengoyne 16 Year Old 1997 Malts of Scotland

Malts of Scotland has already bottled quite a bit of Glengoyne. If I am not mistaken, this is their 19th cask already, albeit only their second from 1997. The previous one from that vintage, a sherry butt, was released in 2009. This is only their 4th bourbon cask of Glengoyne. Enough with the statistics, already. Let us taste.

The nose is prickly and somewhat dirty. Loads of fruit, but from a basket that also contains a few oranges that are way overdue. Spicy as well. I am thinking green garden herbs, thyme in the lead. Bittersweet, actually. Toffee and vanilla. Yellow flowers too. This is nice. Patience makes the dirtiness (which is a good thing) fade a bit and makes this Glengoyne a dark sweet, if you know what I mean.

The attack is powerful with quite some woodspice. Think white pepper, ginger (maybe candied) before the fruit rears its head. Bittersweet again. Loads of grapefruit, nice oak. Then turns a bit softer with some Brown sugar and more sweet fruit and some marzipan. Water? No need.

The medium long and honeysweet finish allow the spices the final word.

It surprises me once again how these independent Glengoyne easily outshine the official offrings (no offense, Glengoyne). Around 75 EUR.

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