Product description
Jack Wiebers (Lars-Göran Wiebers) is a German whisky distributor (the company is registered as Jack Wiebers Whisky World).
He began his career in 1999 and soon gained a reputation as an excellent selector of whisky casks. The Scottish Castle Collection is a small series whose labels are decorated with drawings of historic Scottish castles. The Glen Grant presented here is a Christmas edition dedicated to Eilean Donan Castle, built in the 13th century on a tiny island of the same name, later the seat of the Mackenzie clan. The whisky, distilled in 1984, spent 25 years in cask no. 4008 and was bottled at 55% abv in a limited edition of 120 bottles.
Aroma: barley malt, caramel, milk chocolate, cappuccino, plums, currants, black pepper, a pinch of cinnamon, a drop of soy sauce and a trace of a lit match.
Palate: lots of malt, burnt bread crust, milk chocolate, bitter almonds, grapefruit, licorice, herbal tea, oak and a fleeting hint of sulfur.
Finish: medium long, with notes of toasted grain, almonds, a mixture of dried herbs, pepper, a bit of hay and oak.