Glen Moray 16 Year Old Wine Cask

Glen Moray 12 Year Old

I visited the Glen Moray distillery on the outskirts of Elgin in September 2010. But it was a Sunday, so the visitor centre was closed. This entry level 12 Year Old is dirt cheap. Between 25 and 30 EUR for a bottle of single malt. The nose is very soft and sweet on vanilla, toffee and honey. A touch of oak and some pear drops. Unfortunately not...

Score 76/100

Glen Moray 12 Year Old

Nose: lively and aromatic with lots of citrus and fresh wood shavings. Also apple peel and toffee. Very nice! Taste: light and crisp with immediate sweetness, followed by a nice balancing tartness. Vanilla, toffee apples, creamy custard. Finish: falls a bit flat but nothing off-putting. Balance: I was underwhelmed on my first tasting but this...

Score 84/100

Glen Moray 20 year cask strength

If I didn’t know that Cadenheads don’t chill filter. I would know without a second glance at this bottle. There are literally bits floating in it... nom! If I didn’t know that Cadenheads don’t add caramel. I would know by simply appreciating the light gold, almost honey like hue. Nose Buttery brioche, Lemon penny sweets, lemon sherbert, honey, a...

Score 94/100

Glen Moray 12 Year Old

Though this charming bottle claims American oak aging, it’s all Speyside sweetness on the nose - and with that lovely untamed fruitiness that brings one back to this region, like gooseberries and green apples. This is discovering an unknown Speyside all over again, a Speyburn or a Singleton, a tart, pinching, honey-and-vanilla dram. With a...

Score 88/100