Glenugie 1977 26 Year Old Murray McDavid

Glenugie 1977 Vintage G&M

Glenlochy is an often overlooked lost highlander from Fort William, a town that could at one time boast three distilleries, but now only runs on one. Though some of the buildings have been preserved, her bottles now rarely hit the shelves and I doubt that many casks made their way into independent market. Closed in 1983, it is one of the Highland...

Score 82/100

Glenugie 1966/1994 G&M

In Peterhead once stood a small distillery providing a unique floral malt for the blend industry. No official bottles made it to market and only a handful of independent bottlers (mostly the usual suspects: G&M, Cadenhead,…) ever got their hands on the remaining casks. The ideal conditions for an expensive collector’s item, although Glenugie...

Score 71/100

Glenugie 1977 Part Des Anges 29 Year Old

This is part 3 of three Closed Distillery whiskies that I tasted recently. After tasting the 1979 Glen Albyn and the 1977 Inverleven the third one in this lineup from Part Des Anges was this Glenugie. Distilled in 1977 this single cask, cask strength is 29 years old. After almost three decades in a barrel it barely squeaked through being an actual...

Score 89/100

Glenugie 1982 27 Year Old Bourbon Cask #5040

Nose: starts on vanilla and flowers. Quite a sweet but fresh nose, reminds me of a good (flowery) moscatel wine. Hints of bergamot and pollen. Developing on fruit candy. Pineapple, orange marmalade, peach. Caramelized apples. Pears on syrup. Slightly waxy as well. What can I say: wow! Mouth: here we go again… all sorts of fruits or fruit liqueurs,...

Score 92/100