Garnheath 1969 DL The Old Grain Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Garnheath |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | The Old Grain Cask |
| Vintage | 1969 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 40년 |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Bourbon Cask |
| Cask Number | DL 5540 |
| Bottles Released | 154 |
| ABV | 51.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Lowlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
we’re rather closer to malt whisky here, starting more on raisins and obvious notes of old rum. Quite some sweet oak, date liqueur, a little coal… Gets then rather grassier and rather dry. The tannins at work? With water: falls apart a bit, getting unexpectedly winey for a while. Old pinot noir barrel. Recovers after a few minutes, with more menthol, almond oil and pine resin (which happens pretty often with very old casks)
restaurant Palate
starts on butter cream but some obvious notes of mint and liquorice are soon to take control, together with notes of ripe bananas and mead. A lot of ginger from the oak as well. With water: speculoos, gingerbread and mint liqueur. Very rich and concentrated
timer Finish
long, spicy and honeyed. Something ‘Thai’, whatever that means