Glen Garioch 18-year-old (D.1978, B.1997) / 59.4% / 0.7l
- In the late 1990s Morrison Bowmore Ltd (owners of Auchentoshan, Glen Garioch and Bowmore distilleries) released several expressions of Vintage Glen Garioch and Auchentoshan under Official Distillery Archive series.
Product description
In the second half of the 1990s Morrison Bowmore Ltd, owner of the Glen Garioch, Auchentoshan and Bowmore distilleries, introduced the Official Distillery Archive series.
There are single cask and small batch vintage whiskies, bottled in cask strength and presented in wooden boxes. Glen Garioch 1978 Vintage is a whisky from eleven casks filled between 26 October and 20 December 1978 and bottled in 1997 at natural alcohol content (59.4% abv).
Nose : powerful, decisive tones of sherry, freshly ground coffee, orange peel, caramel, almonds, oak and peat smoke in the background.
Taste: balanced, coffee, dried plums and dates, roasted almonds, crème brûlée, candied ginger, traces of cloves and peat.
Finish: long, sherry notes, lots of dried fruit and spices, and peat smoke in the background.