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Glengoyne 15 years Single Malt

malty fruity
4.1
(15)€73Scotland, Highland

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Glengoyne distils its spirit slower than any other distillery in Scotland. The stills run at a gentle pace, and the barley is dried with warm air, never peat smoke. That patience shows in the glass. After fifteen years resting in oak and sherry casks, this single malt turns deep and generous. You meet caramel and brown sugar first, then waves of dried fruit and fig. Almond and dark chocolate follow, with a soft dusting of cinnamon and clove. There is no smoke to hide behind here. Pour it neat and let the slow-built character open up at its own pace.

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Glengoyne

Glengoyne distillery is located in Dumgoyne, near Loch Lomond, Scotland and was founded in 1833. It is unique among Scotch whisky distilleries in that it uses only unpeated malted barley, resulting in a lighter, fruitier flavour profile. The distillery has a reputation for producing high-quality single malt whiskies, which are aged in sherry casks for a minimum of 10 years. Glengoyne offers a range of whiskies, including the Glengoyne 12 Year Old, which has notes of apple, cinnamon, and vanilla, and the Glengoyne 21 Year Old, which is rich and complex with flavours of dark chocolate and dried fruit. Interesting to know about Glengoyne is that it straddles the boundary between the Highlands and the Lowlands of Scotland. The distillery's warehouses are located in the Highlands, while its stills are in the Lowlands, resulting in a unique combination of Highland and Lowland characteristics in its whiskies.

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About the Glengoyne 15 years Single Malt

Glengoyne 15 years Single Malt is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky made in Scotland, just north of Glasgow. The Glengoyne distillery sits where the Highlands meet the Lowlands. It is famous for one thing above all. It runs the slowest distillation in Scotland. That slow approach is the heart of this whisky. The spirit drips from the copper stills at an unhurried pace. This gives it a richer, rounder texture. The barley is dried with warm air rather than peat smoke. So there is no peat here at all, just clean malt and fruit. Age does the rest. This single malt spends fifteen years in a careful mix of sherry casks and refill oak. The result is layered and warm. Caramel and brown sugar lead the way. Then come dried fruit, fig and a thread of apple. Almond and dark chocolate sit underneath. Cinnamon and a little clove lift the finish. A gentle nuttiness and a cocoa note round out the palate. Glengoyne bottles this whisky with natural colour and without chill filtering. Nothing is stripped out or dressed up. What you taste is the spirit and the wood. They are given time to settle into each other. The Glengoyne 15 years Single Malt drinks beautifully neat. It is rich without being heavy. It stays sweet without ever turning cloying. This is a fine choice for anyone who loves sherried Highland whisky. It shows exactly what real patience tastes like. Few Highland malts reward an unhurried evening quite so generously.