Origin: Speyside (Scotland)
Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Strength: 45.6%ABV
Ageing cask: Ex-Bourbon
Chillfiltered: No
Added colouring: No
Owner: Signatory
Average price: € 290,00
Official website: www.signatoryusa.com
As we all feel good and nicer at Christmas, I decided to treat myself to this Glen Grant, with its decidedly significant age.
Single cask fruit of the collaboration between the historic Signatory and the Wu Dram Clan, a trio of independent bottlers that sounds like a joke, with a Japanese (Takesado), a German (Boris) and a Frenchman (Sebastian), who since 2017 have been selecting Scotch, cognac, armagnac and rum among the excellence of each type of distillate.
The whisky was distilled in May 1995 and bottled in June 2024 from a classic ex-Bourbon barrel, producing 196 bottles.
Tasting Notes
The nose can only be described as delicious, with a crisp freshness of fruit (green apple, nectarine, pineapple, mango, ripe apricot, gooseberry, lime), flowers (linden and a hint of lavender) and an almond note that gives way to horchata. This is only the surface, as the aromas of pastry (vanilla, lemon tart, acacia honey), beeswax, candied ginger and a faint hint of eucalyptus soon unfold. All infused with a vibrant vein of minerality. Harmonious and elegant.
On the palate, the yellow fruit again leads the caravan of flavours, stepping on the pedal of citrus and fresh impressions with the contribution of grapefruit and white currant and a consistent influence of the herbaceous and floral notes of the nose. The spicy contribution of white pepper, ginger, aniseed and fennel seed is greater, while the sweeter side works in the background, becoming a not very incisive nuance. Liquorice, almonds and vegetal notes on the length.
The finish is quite long and spicy, with strong mineral notes, vegetable, citrus, floral and wood.
The nose is spectacular, you could keep it in the glass for hours, it’s a shame that it loses much of its richness on drinking, paying for the long time it spent in the cask, but it’s still an elegant and complex whisky that highlights the talents of a truly worthy distillery.
Vote: 89/100