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Glengoyne 21 Year Old Single Malt. Highlands, Scotland. ABV: 43%. Tasted at Whisky a Day HQ, $235 (bottle).
Feet up on a Saturday, time to kick back with another stunning drop from Glengoyne Distillery.
Colour: Deep brilliant copper.
Nose: The nose is a little faint. Allen’s Strawberries and Cream lollies. Very faint leather notes.
Palate: Stewed strawberries, dried cranberries. Then melted brown sugar atop your morning porridge that you’ve splashed with a dash of milk. Creamy, sweet and caramel flavours…very moorish.
Finish: A dry earthiness to finish. Creamy dustiness, like cocoa powder atop a cappuccino froth.
Comments: The nose was probably the only thing that I was a little disappointed in here. With a lot of older Scottish malts, sometimes for me the nose has layers of complexity and so many interesting things going on that it can be even more enjoyable than the palate. With this Glengoyne 21 the palate is fantastic, but the nose is just a little…flat.
Perhaps it’s just been sitting in the opened bottle a little too long…I’ll just have to drink a little more rapidly in future!