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7th April 2010 |
This Glen Ord Highland single
cask Scotch malt whisky is part of the
Third
Batch to be released in the The Managers Choice
Series in April 2010.
Distilled
in 1997 then matured in a Bourbon
American Oak Cask No. 10181 until
2009 and then bottled at 59.2% ABV. It is
a limited edition of only 204 bottles
and has an RRP of £250
 Tasting Note
Colour: Cool gold with warm,
orange hints in sunlight.
Nose: A quiet, confident
complexity. Slightly winey with apple
stalks, pear skins and suggestions of
Cuban tobacco. Later, a balance of
autumnal fruit acidity with hints of
orange zest and Cognac warmth. Later
still, mature, drying oak: pleasantly
dusty with a trace of vanilla pod.
Body: Medium. Extraordinarily
silky with water.
Taste:
Rich and warming; oily and orangey. Then
clean, drying oak: smooth dark cocoa,
white chocolate and orange oil; moving
to aromatic cedar, new leather and hints
of spirits of turpentine. Richer and
cooler with water; smoother, silkier and
with the merest suggestion of peat.
Finish:
Long and rounded with a loving warmth.
White chocolate mousse sprinkled with
orange zest and shavings of fruity south
American chocolate. Later, more cedar
and tobacco: the memory of a walk-in
humidor.
Comment:
A fabulously refined bourbon wood
experience: an exquisite balance of
fresh vanilla and oaky dryness; of oily
richness and orange acidity. The
courteous, urbane sophistication of Glen
Ord and the youthful confidence of
American oak producing a truly adult
whisky.
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Tasting Notes Managers Choice 3rd
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