Glen Garioch 1990 Mackillop's Choice

Glen Garioch 6 Year Old 2011 Carn Mor

Glen Garioch can be found in Old Meldrum, also known as the maltbarn of Aberdeenshire. Even today this Highlander is an important part of the famous VAT 69 blend, but it has of course a long record as a single malt as well. Let’s try a recent bottling by Carn Mor. The nose is somewhat oriental, actually. Incense and jute overpower my nostrils,...

Score 84/100

Glen Garioch 18 Year Old 1998 Adelphi

Wonderfully dark color… that’s the first thing I notice about this independently bottled Glen Garioch. Adelphi allowed it to mature for 18 years on a seemingly very active sherry hogshead. The nose is somewhat dry, if you know what I mean. Dried apricots, almond shavings, milk chocolate with pieces of dried fruit like Cadbury and furniture polish....

Score 87/100

Glen Garioch 21 Year Old

Among the barley fields of Aberdeenshire lies Old Meldrum, a small town which John and Alexander Manson found ideal to built their distillery in, in 1797. Glen Garioch (say ‘glen geerie’) was purchased at the start of the 20th Century by Sanderson & Son, the makers of the famous VAT69 blend. Early ‘70s Stanley P Morrison took control before it...

Score 84/100

Glen Garioch 15 Year Old 1998 Wine Cask Matured

In the 1990s Morrison-Bowmore made ample use of red wine casks from Saint Julien in the Bordeaux region. Both Bowmore and – in many more cases – Auchentoshan have released some beautiful wine cask finishes on the market. It comes as no surprise that Glen Garioch would follow with 5.400 bottles of their stuff, fully matured on those casks. I wonder...

Score 85/100