Glenesk 1982 (Bottled 1994) Connoisseurs Choice / 40%/ 0.7l

The Connoisseurs Choice series debuted in 1968 in the Gordon & MacPhail offering.

Its creator was George Urquhart, a second-generation family owner, and a great whisky visionary at a time when most Scottish malt distilleries were producing for blenders, not even considering promoting their whiskies as single malts. Today, over half a century later, the “Connoisseur’s Choice” successfully competes in the single malt market and has its devoted fans. The Glenesk presented here, distilled in 1982 (the distillery closed three years later), spent about 12 years in oak casks and was bottled at 40% abv in 1994.

Nose : grassy, ​​apples, pears, roasted peanuts, honey, vanilla, freshly cut grass, pine needles, wet chalk and pencil shavings.

Palate : green apples, grapes, pine needles and resin, mixed nuts, brown sugar, honey, eucalyptus drops, hay and pepper.

Finish: medium long, with notes of brown sugar, green apples, white pepper, a pinch of ginger, hay and oak.