Glen Grant 1972 The Whisky Show 2010

Glen Grant 25 Year Old / Gordon & Macphail

This is an old so-called licensed botting by Gordon & Macphail. This Glen Grant matured for no less than 25 years and has a stunning color. The nose bursts with sherry notes and loads of summery fruit. Apples, oranges, sultanas and a single apricot. The whole in sprinkled with light honey. It also has something dusty, as if I am sitting in the...

Score 87/100

Glen Grant for Boisedale cask #1983

Nose: Malty and lightly vanilla. Sweet grass, and a drop of sunflower oil. There's some fruti in there, but it's faint at first, and more tropical than red/purple. It bears the characteristics of a light, summer dram. With a few more minutes of air (patience is very much rewarded), you get wild strawberries, pineapple, sweet lemon, melon, and that...

Score 87/100

Glen Grant 1952 / Bot.2012 / Gordon & Macphail

Originally, Gordon & Macphail released this Glen Grant 1952 in 2012. It matured for no less than 59 years. It is a vatting of 4 casks that yielded 665 bottles. On the 4th September 2017 Gordon & Macphail announced the exclusive Glen Grant Collection, containing 6 Glen Grant vintages from 1950 through 1955. This is the third bottle in that...

Score 90/100

Glen Grant 10 Year Old bottled 1970s

This older bottling of the Glen Grant 10 Year Old, in a small rectangular bottle, was released in the 80s of last century (that has a weird ring to it, no?) for the Italian market, where this brand remains immensely popular. It is bottled at a slightly higher alcohol percentage. This nose has the traditional hallmarks (green apples and juicy...

Score 84/100