Glenugie 1977 Part Des Anges 29 Years Old
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Review by @MaltActivist
- Nose23
- Taste22
- Finish22
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This is part 3 of three Closed Distillery whiskies that I tasted recently. After tasting the 1979 Glen Albyn and the 1977 Inverleven the third one in this lineup from Part Des Anges was this Glenugie.
Distilled in 1977 this single cask, cask strength is 29 years old. After almost three decades in a barrel it barely squeaked through being an actual whisky. Barely 50% ABV at the time of bottling. Another few years and the ABV would have definitely dropped below 40%
Established in 1831 Glenugie was quite a prolific little single malt distillery and in the late thirties even managed a total overhaul to it's equipment with oil replacing the coal fires used to operate the stills.
Silent during World War I it resumed distilling soon after but 1983 saw it (and a dozen other distilleries) being mothballed due to extremely high competition and a drop in global demand for single malts.
The distillery has since been demolished.
My sample is from a brand new bottle and served at a cask strength of 49.6%
Nose: Chocolate. Honey. Toffee. Tobacco. Coffee. Oak. Seems like there's some old school sherry involved here. But given that it's a single cask may seem unlikely. Though there's every possibility this may have been re-racked earlier on in it's maturation. Let it breathe and it mellows out. Lemon. Rock salt. Cherries. Sherry.
Palate: Dark honey. Sherry. Chocolate. Coffee beans. Mint. Lack of literature on this particular expression leaves a lot of room open for interpretation. I'm guessing some Oloroso influence early on in life and then a re-rack into second-fill bourbons. I could be wrong or dead right!
Finish: Oak. Eucalyptus.
I'd say this is another fine whisky from Part Des Anges. The general consensus, when we tasted the three that night, was that all were at par with each other and generally of a high standard.
What was truly amazing was how all three morphed into completely different animals the longer you spent with them.
This will need your undivided attention.
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