Product description
Glen Garioch is one of a handful of Scottish distilleries still in operation today.
Whose history spans four centuries – it was founded in 1797 and currently belongs to the Beam Suntory concern and equipped with three stills (one has not been used for years) can produce about 1.3 million liters of distillate per year. Since 1994, the local whisky has been devoid of smoky and peaty tones, previously the plant produced malt itself, in which the concentration of phenol compounds was about 10 ppm. The Glen Garioch 12 years old presented here is a proposal of Douglas Laing & Co. in the Old Particular series. The whisky distilled in February 2009 was aged in a refilled bourbon barrel (no. DL 15000) and bottled at 48.4% abv and without cold filtration in May 2021 in an edition of 316 bottles.
Aroma : barley malt, caramel, vanilla, fruit candies, apples, pears, cappuccino, notes of cinnamon and cloves, potpourri and oak.
Palate : sweet breakfast cereals, brown sugar, buttery croissant, honey, milk fudge, white pepper, a touch of vanilla and cinnamon and a light bitterness of oak.
Finish : medium long, spicy, with notes of vanilla cream, caramel, orange peel, pepper, cinnamon and oak.