Glen Elgin 12-year-old (D.2007 B.2020)The Single Malts of Scotland / 57.5%/ 0.7l

The Single Malts of Scotland, a whisky series from the Elixir Distillers portfolio, debuted in 2005. The company is owned by brothers Sukhinder and Raj Singh, whose lifelong passion is whisky.

Their online store, The Whisky Exchange, has been operating since 1999 and now offers almost 8,000 spirits. The company is also the publisher of the Elements of Islay series, which includes the Port Askaig brand. The Single Malts of Scotland series features whiskies bottled at natural colour, cask strength and without chill filtration, usually in single cask versions. The Glen Elgin presented here, distilled on 28 June 2007, spent over 12 years in a hogshead cask no. 801513. Bottled on 28 April 2020 at cask strength (57.5% abv) in an edition of 270 bottles.

Aroma : ripe apples and pears, gooseberries, rhubarb cake, vanilla, brown sugar, pralines, notes of wildflowers and freshly cut grass.

Taste : fruity, peaches, apples, cantaloupe, lime jam, vanilla, toffee, a pinch of white pepper and cinnamon and a subtle bitterness of oak.

Finish : quite long, with notes of ripe apples and nectarines, banana cake, cinnamon, licorice and oak.