Detailed Description
A 21-year-old Berry Brothers bottling of Glentauchers, bottled at a low cask strength of 48.3% ‚Äì the angels were thirsty when they got to this cask. The lower strength doesn’t mean that the whisky has lost any flavour, instead it is a mellow yet complex dram that shows off the distillery’s gently spicy character.
Glentauchers 1996 21 Year Old Berry Bros & RuddSpeyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes
Nose: Very clean and appetising, with a gentle floral character.
Palate: The initial rush of peat and wood smoke is followed by a gentle sweetness with hints of spice.
Finish: Long and full of interesting flavors.
Distillery Information
Glentauchers distillery is a Speyside Scottish whisky distillery, founded in 1897. The building was designed by John Alcock, and the building was overseen by Charles Doig & Son. It starting producing when James Buchanan Co. Ltd. and three members of Glentauchers Distillery Co. joined hands with Glentachers a year after that. It was mothballed by United Distillers in 1985, and sold to Allied Distillers in 1989. Malts from this distillery are rarely bottled, usually, the produced whisky is used in blended whiskies. In 2000, an official bottling was released. This was a 15-year-old whisky. Before that a semi-official bottling was released by Gordon & MacPhail in the 1990s.
