Glenugie 30-year-old (D.1980, B.2010) Dun Bheagan / 50%/ 0.7l
- Glenugie, once the most easterly Scottish distillery was founded in the early 1830s by Donald McLeod & Co. as Invernettie Distillery.
Product description
Glenugie, originally called Invernettie Distillery, was built by Donald McLeod & Co. in 1831.
After only a few years, the owners went bankrupt and the distillery was converted into a brewery. Whisky production resumed in 1875, but it was not until the distillery was taken over in the 1930s by Seager Evans & Co. (soon to be renamed Long John International) that commercial success was achieved. The distillery produced whisky for the Long John blend, but it was too small to survive the industry crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The last distillation took place in 1983 and finding a bottle of Glenugie can be a challenge today. The whisky presented here, distilled in September 1980, spent 30 years in a sherry butt no. 5375. Bottled by Ian Macleod Distillers in the Dun Bheagan series in an edition of 606 bottles.
Nose: slightly subdued, grass and fresh herbs, orange peel, raisins, honey, candied ginger, anise, licorice, wax, damp clay and oak.
Taste : slightly oily, raisins, oranges, mango, dried apricots, pepper, lemon grass, candied ginger and quite strong oak bitterness.
Finish: quite long, oranges, apricots, pepper, ginger, lemongrass and oak.