Glenburgie 14 Year Old 1997 Signatory

Glenburgie G&M 10YO

The nose is floral with a hint of peaches. However there is an underlying suggestion of what I can only think of as dust. Hmmm, different but not sure it will catch on. The palate is initially quite pleasant - lightly sweet with caramel. But then it all goes horribly wrong. It leaves a very bitter taste with a finish that descends into notes of...

Score 55/100

Glenburgie 10 Year Old 2008 Asta Morris AM106

The newest Glenburgie by Asta Morris – the sixth already – was finished by Bert on a Caroni rum cask. That rum, he had previously bottled himself under the Rasta Morris label. He cut it to 52%, enabling us to compare it to the 5th Glenburgie he had bottled a few months back from his Foursquare rum cask. I have put them head-to-head. At first, I...

Score 84/100

Glenburgie 1995 / 21 Year Old / Signatory

Here is another one of those casks selected by – and bottled fort he 10th Anniversary of – Belgian importer The Nectar. This Glenburgie – the so-called fingerprint malt of Ballantine’s – came from the warehouses of Signatory, near Pitlochry, and was bottled at cask strength. The nose starts fairly closed, but be patient. It is worth it. After a...

Score 88/100

Glenburgie 25 Year Old 1983 Bladnoch Forum

The Bladnoch Forum likes to bottle single casks. Let me put to head to head, cask 9804 and 9803. This one is 25 years old, bottled in 2009. The nose is much lighter than the previous one. White fruit and crystal sugar. Slightly creamy. Vanilla and pineapple, Turkish delight. Something of lager beer too, but luckily not stale. Freshly cut grass. A...

Score 83/100