Glengoyne

Perched on the border which separates the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland, Glengoyne distillery is famous for producing a soft and complex style with not a trace of peat smoke. Glengoyne distillery uses predominantly Ex-Sherry casks for maturation, the older expressions tend towards a richer style through the use of first fill Sherry butts. Includes a 200ml bottle each of the 12 and 18 year old, and the 'Legacy Chapter 3' expression.

Perched on the border which separates the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland, Glengoyne distillery is famous for producing a soft and complex style with not a trace of peat/smoke. This is a great introduction to the distillery, offering a balance of sweet toffee, nutty popcorn and a fresh green apple flavour. This expression features a balance a orchard fruits, toffee, and nuttiness.

The Glengoyne distillery sits astride Scotch whisky's Highland /Lowland line, and all of their whisky is made entirely from unpeated barley. We are delighted to see the return of their 21 year old to our shelves. Matured exclusively in European oak ex-Sherry casks, this is one of those classic, rich 'liquid Christmas cake' styles. The wood influence is immediately apparent on the nose with rich notes of red apples, spicy strudel, toffee and dried fruits. To taste, indulgent note of honey and aromatic oak coat the palate leading to a long and warming cinnamon finish.

This 3rd release of Glengoyne's 'Legacy' series celebrates the life of Sir Arthur John Tedder, the exciseman stationed at Glengoyne exciseman who helped a 1908 Royal Comission to set in stone some of the rules that still govern whisky making in Scotland today. The whisky is made using some of the very finest American oak ex-Sherry casks, offering a chewy dram, warm with the flavour of boozy raisins, spiced buns and buttery, rich spiced-apple desserts. A cracking new dram from the fringes of Scotch's Lowland / Highland line.

Glengoyne's 15 year old is made from a selection of casks - 20% of the makeup is from first-fill ex-bourbon casks, 25% from first fill ex-sherry and the remainder are refill casks. Bringing these casks together creates flavours of sweet vanilla and apple pie, with a soft fruityness that starts tropical, then moves to dried fruit tarts and mellow Christmas spices.

Selected from a small number casks that are combined and then bottled at their natural strength, without dilution, this is the 10th edition of Glengoyne's Cask Strength series. With no added water, the flavours are highly concentrated, with the distillery's character of apple fruityness front and center,  joining vanilla custard and toffee. At 59.5%, the spicy tones of the wood are elevated, mellowing with a few drops of water to taste.