Glen Grant 13 year old (D.2009, B.2023) Connoisseurs Choice / 59.1% / 0.7l

The Connoisseurs Choice series is the brainchild of George Urquhart, a second-generation member of the family who owned Gordon & MacPhail and a great whisky visionary.

Since 1968, the series has featured nearly 100 distilleries, presenting nearly 2,000 editions. In 2018, the company redesigned Connoisseurs Choice, giving it a more contemporary, elegant look and also included cask strength and wood finishes. The Glen Grant featured here, distilled in 2009, spent over 13 years in a first-fill sherry butt #900938. The whisky was bottled on 21 February 2023 at 59.1% abv, natural colour and unchillfiltered as batch 23/069 of the series. The edition consisted of 642 bottles.

Nose: fruity, blackberries, cherries, blood oranges, sultanas, vanilla pudding, toffee, milk chocolate, brown sugar, nutmeg and sherry-soaked oak.

Palate: mild, black cherries, raspberry jam, orange peel, chocolate mousse, mocha, cinnamon, candied ginger and a light oak note.

Finish : quite long, with notes of honey, summer berries, milk chocolate, Christmas spices and oak.