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
오랜 시간이 빚어낸 깊은 황금빛이 잔에 영롱하게 감돈다. 1969년 증류된 게른히스는 폐쇄된 그레인 원액답게 40년의 버번 숙성을 거치며 코코넛과 바닐라, 잘 익은 망고의 향을 부드럽게 펼친다. 51.6도라고는 믿기 어려운 매끈한 질감이 혀를 감싸며 메이플 시럽과 버터스카치, 옅은 톱밥의 결이 흐른다. 오랜 세월에도 지치지 않은 단맛과 은은한 오크 향이 길게 이어지는 여운으로 닫힌다.
AITasting 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