Glen Grant 2002 SMWS 9.63 Flowers on the breakfast table
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glen Grant |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2002 |
| Bottled Year | 2011 |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | First-fill ex bourbon barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
the palest of white wines, almost verging on new make
air Nose
this really is new make that has been cleaned up in refill wood, in fact you could probably nose this and write an essay about how it is possible to 'tidy' up a spirit without technically 'maturing' it, if the wood is neutral enough. I seriously wonder if we'd have achieved a similar profile to this using amphora? Or glass demijohns? Ok, probably not. Anyway, this one also displays a stunning herbal quality, but these are really fresh herbs, crushed green herbs that include lemon thyme, chives, parsley and tarragon. It's also peppery, very subtly medicinal and displaying some background notes of liquorice. Also wax, a very prominent and clear waxiness, and an almost salty honey note alongside it. I find the freshness and the sharpness of this profile just amazing
restaurant Palate
shares much with the Duke Street bottling, but this is even more 'ideological', in that it is profoundly about bitter herbal notes, crystallised honey and pure wax. Again, hard to imagine this is only 70 proof, but perhaps we need to adjust our preconceptions about such things with distillates from this era? Continues to become even fatter and more petrolic in the mouth, maybe adding some pristinely grassy and bitter olive oil, some chalk, some soot and more peppery and bitter herbal qualities
timer Finish
once again, surprisingly long despite the low bottling strength. Very honeyed, waxy and glowing with more mineral oils, a glimmer of white stone fruits once again and then just wax, wax, wax in the aftertaste