Girvan 1965 Jim McEwan's Celtic Heartlands Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Girvan 1965 Jim McEwan's Celtic Heartlands

Added on Saturday, Nov 22, 2008 at 02:09 AM

Bottler:

Murray McDavid

Age:	42 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	1965	Subtype:	Grain
ABV:	45.00 %	Region:	Scotland
Price:	$300	Availability:	Specialty Stores

Bottled 2007 675 bottles

Member Ratings and Notes

Adam

Fruity nose with vanilla, honey, caramel, coconut. Palate repeats the previous, mostly a fruity-cocounut number, with good dose of wood, but not too much. In the finish, cinnamon-ish spice moves to the forefront with cocounut tones lingering. Interesting to try, but not to buy.

Chris

N: Peanuts, light apricot, nectary sweetness.
P: Very woody, spicy, dear god this is woody, tastes like a toungue depressor.
F: People are always talking about how old whiskies get too woody, but up to now my experience has not reflected that. Most of the old stuff I've had has been real good. Well, my luck ran out.

Thick sweet nose with a woody, milky palate. Unfortunately, the finish was bitter and somewhat unpleasant. Beautifully packaged, though.

Fuji

Buttery, coconut oil and pretty fruity. Get spicy on the palate and has a fair bit of wood, but its not overwhelming. Better on the nose than on the palate. The nose on this reminds me of sun tan oil.

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