Glen Grant 27-year-old
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glen Grant |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2008 |
| Age | 27년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 49.9% |
| Volume | 500 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
깊은 금빛이 잔 안에서 밀랍처럼 윤기 있게 빛난다. 27년을 보낸 글렌 그란트는 벌집과 꿀, 오래 숙성한 벌꿀주와 밀랍의 향이 놀라울 만큼 밀도 있게 겹치고, 그 사이로 파라핀과 마른 허브의 결이 스친다. 49.9도의 원액은 입 안에서 결정화된 레몬과 장뇌, 기계용 기름의 왁스 같은 풍미를 풀어놓으며 옅은 광물의 짠맛을 더한다. 여운은 허브와 꿀, 은은한 향신료의 결을 길게 남기며 우아하게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
deep gold
air Nose
one of those aromas that is totally laden with honeys, fir wood resin, pure honeycomb, cask aged mead, exotic hardwoods, herbal tinctures, medicinal embrocations and pure beeswax. Astonishing density - like a black hole for honey and wax! Also tiny salty edges begin to creep in, umami seasonings, broths, waxed hessian, paraffin. With water: just a couple of drops here, but the nose becomes immediately fresher and more balanced by many crystalised and dried exotic fruits, also melon and the impression of a blend of ancient Benedictine and Drambuie (need to try that sometime!)
restaurant Palate
you remember 100 proof USA = 50% ABV and we are quite some way from the usual experience of old G&M bottle + 100 proof (which usually equates to around 57% ABV. Not that it isn't immense whisky, and in fact it probably benefitted from that targeted reduction, it's alive with mechanical and workshop oils, vapour rubs, old dried out flower honeys, pure camphor, crystalised lemon slices and endless things like putty, sheep wool, dry herbal notes. The faintest suggestion of dry peat smoke, or perhaps just coal smoke, in the background. With water: more powerful now, more of a gravelly mineral character: struck flints, pebbles and chalk etc. Then hints of natural tar, wormwood, pine resin, salted honey and more mead and herbal liqueurs
timer Finish
long, herbal, elegantly spicy, some drying turmeric earthiness and more of these dazzlingly dense honey and wax vibes