Glen Keith 1993 GM Connoisseurs Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glen Keith |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1993 |
| Bottled Year | 2005 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Refill American Hogsheads |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw (very pale for a 40 yo malt)
air Nose
completely different! Even fresher and much more on a waxy and mineral line a la old Clynelish. We have a lot of fresh butter and quite some freshly cut grass, green tea (reminds me of rolling clouds) and then a whole basket of fresh fruits like pineapples, mangos (not bold mango notes like in other old stunners), bananas (oak), white peaches and melon. We have also the same kind of faint peatiness as in the 37yo, with also hints of metal (aluminium pan) and then it’s back to the fruits, more on tangerines, pink grapefruits and gooseberries this time. It’s amazing that it smells more like a malt that aged in a bottle than in a cask – I mean, for a part of its life. What a superb freshness!
restaurant Palate
bolder, more powerful than the 37 yo and certainly rougher and wilder, with more tannins upfront as well as more spices (white pepper and nutmeg as usual). We also have the same kind of grassiness as on the nose, with a lot of green tea again, something like cooked celeriac, apple skin, chervil, even bay leaves… Sure there’s a lot of oak but it’s truly a beautiful one. Good news because it probably does most of the job here (quite some green bananas as well as fresh coconut). Gets sweeter after a moment, though, with a little vanilla crème, something like sweet corn, liquorice…
timer Finish
long, still oaky and kind of green as well as very spicy (lots of white pepper i.e. tannins) but I feel this is a rare example of an old malt where strong oakiness brought structure and kind of balance. And pleasure! 92 points . MUSIC – JAZZ - Recommended listening: l remember a whisky friend saying that I'd never post about Cecil Taylor on WF. He was wrong, here's I love Paris.mp3 (of course). I know, this is the easy Cecil Taylor, but please buy his volcanic music. March 6, 2007 PETE McPEAT AND JACK WASHBACK TASTING - TWO GLEN KEITHS Glen Keith 1993/2005 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice)
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