Glenglassaugh 1974 SMWS 21.28 Relaxing in a tropical garden
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenglassaugh |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | Relaxing in a tropical garden |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 37년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | 21.28 |
| Bottles Released | 188 |
| ABV | 48.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Glenglassaugh |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep gold
air Nose
a lot happening in this one! We get the same grassy and mineral notes as in the 1979 but it’s all coated with fruitier and jammier touches. In other words, a fun mixture of orange liqueurs with cough syrup and olive oil. After ten minutes, we have more juicy raisins and, indeed, dates. Lovely nose, complex and movie-esque. Meaning it changes a lot, always for the better. The olive oil never stops growing and I love olive oil
restaurant Palate
flipside, there’s a lot of oak. But a lot of oak can also mean more oils, herbs and spices and when it’s all balanced, well, it works. So yeah, we have sawdust and a glue-ish side, but the way it unfolds on citrus fruits and jams, dried fruits, bananas, coconut (wee touches) and pineapples is rather entrancing. And again, it just wouldn’t stop improving, even the oak gets tamed after one or two minutes, which is pretty miraculous
timer Finish
long, spicy and jammy. It’s only in the aftertaste that the heavy oak becomes a little embarrassing, that pat isn’t too enjoyable. You have to keep sipping away s that the aftertaste never happens. Err, that would be costly…