Glenugie 1973 IM Chieftain's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenugie |
| Bottler | Ian Macleod (IM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | 2000 |
| Age | 27년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 54.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
bizarrely, considering this is Glenugie, this baby’s more austere than the Glenury, and certainly much smokier, as if it was peated whisky (around 10ppm to give you an idea, say just below Ardmore). On the other hand, one can feel that this is very complex, with some tiny mushrooms, a little saltpetre, various apples, plums, a little melon, certainly quite some high-end tea, wulong… But let’s try to wake it up. With water: superb! There, all these fruits, guava galore, more melon, apricot juice… All this is very Glenugie
restaurant Palate
starts a little bizarre this time, I do get touches of lavender and violet sweets as well as a little milk and canned cranberry juice (not always perfect if you ask me), but after that all goes right, with this very peculiar fruitiness that’s very, well, Glenugie. Oranges and papayas, grapefruits, kiwis, then jellybeans and icing sugar as well as touches of burnt herbs. Thyme? Nah, it’s a little unusual indeed… With water: half wonderful, half bizarre. The greatest fruits on the one side, and a slightly soapy/lavendery thing on the other side
timer Finish
long, a notch bitter and too grassy. And this lavender’s always there
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