Glen Grant 8 Year Old Bottled 1970s

Glen Grant 17 Year Old 1993 A.D. Rattray

OK, the official bottlings have been tasted, time for some Indies. Let us start with a 17 Year Old single cask Glen Grent from A.D. Rattray. The nose is alive and kicking and very aromatic on pears, oranges and banana. Vanilla and a touch of oak. Quite floral too. Some dried grass, maybe even some hay, and a nice bouquet of spring flowers. Wet...

Score 85/100

Glen Grant 16 Year Old

Gruppo Campari, who own the Glen Grant distillery (they bought it from Chivas Brothers in 2005), launched the Glen Grant 16 Year Old in 2009. It has been praised by many as the best in their current standard range. The nose bursts with stone fruit. Peach, grapes, but also pears on syrup. Slightly creamy with a whiff on crème brûlée, vanilla...

Score 83/100

Glen Grant 24 Year Old 1995 The Whisky Fair 2020

Another Glen Grant from 1995, meaning we can be quite sure this is going to be good. This was bottled especially for this year’s Whisky Fair, but due to corona this was cancelled. But that does not mean we cannot enjoy it! This is like an identical twin to the Glen Grant 1995 that I just tasted from Signatory. Again nicely fruity on banana with...

Score 88/100

Glen Grant 21 Year Old Director's Reserve 1970s

This is a very old bottle of Glen Grant from the 1970s, bottle for the Spanish market at 45.7% ABV with the resounding name Director’s Reserve. I confess, I had never before seen this one. But when my buddy Emile proposed to take a sample to try at home, I did not have to think long. The first thing I notice on the nose is OBE – which is not...

Score 75/100