Gordon & MacPhail Glen Elgin 1998

Region: Speyside
Distillery: Glen Elgin
Bottler: Gorden & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice
Date Distilled: 1998
Date Bottled: 2014
Matured: In Refill Sherry Butts and a Refill Sherry Hogshead
Natural colour
Non-chill filtered
Bottling Stamp: 16/10/14 AD/AEFTI

Tasting Notes
Nose: dry, musty, slight phenol
Palete: slightly oily
Finish: Medium


I am quite surprised at the G&M Glen Elgin distilled 1998 bottled 2014 at 46%, from refill sherry butts, and a refill sherry hogshead. Testing the nose and expecting varnish and got what seems like a very mild phenol smell to it, along with very old dry apricots, and a sense of a historic adventure into a mothballed Victorian machine shop. The taste has that same mild phenol thing going on, its dry and dusty, not oily, watery even. The taste is interesting and complex, I have difficulty describing it; yet I want to drink more. Definitely a session whisky, one to have at the end of an evening in a remote hut with the fire going and heavy rain outside. The finish is short and it is slightly oily at the end. As the dram is consumed I reach out for a refill...

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This whisky purchased from Moore Wilsons in Wellington.
References

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