Glen Grant 1973 Single Malts of Scotland Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Glen Grant 1973 Single Malts of Scotland

Added on Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 05:21 PM

Bottler:

Speciality Drinks Ltd

Age:	34 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	1973	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	54.70 %	Region:	Speyside
Price:	$150	Availability:	Overseas Specialty

Distilled 6.07.1973 Bottled 22.04.2008 (UK dating) 489 bottles

Cask 1856, Sherry Puncheon

Member Ratings and Notes

Chris

N: Ripe fruit and motor oil, almond butter, mixed spices.
P: The sherry takes a back seat to some crazy spicy oak laced with clove. Totally unexpected and unique.
F: Powdered sugar and pepper.

Adam

Nose is spicy, oaty, grassy, and with some sort of huffable solvent. Palate is basically as the nose advertises, with prominent spice. Water opens up greater sweetness and depth and herbal grassyness. Finish continues the theme with pepper. Approved.

Not much on the nose (other than jet fuel). Strong, pucker-inducing palate, but not entirely unpleasant. Water opens up some nice spice but no radical change in flavor. The finish? "Long, strong and bound to get the friction on."

Mike

Nose of butter and orange zest. Strong alcohol. Very citrusy with water. Grapefruit and maraschino cherry.

A sweet nose of candy, slightly medicinal. Sweet and spicy on the palate, some black pepper, great sherried sweetness and a bit malty, but also thin. A long but unexceptional finish. Very good, not great.

Andy

light natural wood flavor, remarkably soft palate that floats in the mouth like a cloud.

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