Glenburgie 1988 HL Old & Rare - A Platinum Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenburgie |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 35년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
this one is really mutli-layered. Starts on honey and pollen, gets then sort of smoky (barbecue), then very grassy and even a little acrid, and finally quite meaty (sausages, ham, tallow). Also notes of cabbage and asparagus. It’s moving to try such an old whisky but frankly, this time it’s not really a thrill. Too grassy a malt for me, even if it gets very almondy after a while, which I usually like
restaurant Palate
the attack is good, on walnuts and resin but then there’s something strange that happens. It gets rough, ‘green’, curiously papery and beefy at the same time... Not sure there wasn’t a flaw originally, a flaw that mingled with the rest through the years but not quite. Nails? Too bad, some aspects of this one are very nice, especially the mint and liquorice
timer Finish
long, very minty now, with the flawed parts having vanished a bit. Not unlike when you just had a handful of mint drops