| |
Home
Thousands of tastings,
all the ramblings
and all the fun
(hopefully!)
Whiskyfun.com
Guaranteed ad-free
copyright 2002-2025
|
 |
|
| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
| |
|
| |
| |
August 19, 2025 |
|
  |
WF’s Little Duos, today
Glendullan once more
This is part of our special programme “Let’s Sample As Many As Possible of the Distilleries No One Ever Talks About”. It’s not exactly “SEO-friendly” or naturally catchy, but we couldn’t give a toss. At least no one will accuse us of resorting to clickbait, will they? |
|
Glendullan 15 yo 2009/2025 (55.5%, Signatory Vintage, Cask Strength Collection, 1st fill oloroso sherry hogshead finish, cask #11, 338 bottles) 
Colour: mahogany. Nose: very vinous, but in the good sense, really giving you the feeling of nosing some old brandy de Jerez, only much less sweetened or boosted by whatever-it-is. Bags of chocolate, powdered coffee, fig spirit, walnut liqueur… With water: very ripe figs and roasted pecans join the party. Mouth (neat): rich, firing straight away on leather, tobacco and bitter orange. Then it carries on with more leather, tobacco and bitter orange, before settling on more leather yet, tobacco and bitter orange. And chocolate. What you would call a compact and coherent palate. With water: becomes spicier, in a lovely fashion, with several kinds of pepper and, above all, plenty of juniper and clove. Finish: long and creamy, chocolatey again. Pepper and chocolate are still dancing together very nicely. Comments: we like this compact sherried Glendullan rather a lot.
SGP:461 - 85 points. |
|
Glendullan 22 yo 2002/2024 (54.1%, The Whisky Blues, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #10908, 198 bottles)
Always those very beautiful labels, very poetic. Colour: gold. Nose: this noses like a pina colada enjoyed at the Saratoga in good company (JM, get out of this body!) at first, which might seem alarming but the coconut fades quickly, giving way to ripe bananas, chamomile tea, Sicilian pistachio butter and artisanal vanilla cream. Also appearing are touches of mandarin and a little fresh sawdust, though without the slightest excess. Rather like a good bourbon, really… With water: carries on in the same vein. Mouth (neat): sweet touches at first, with banana liqueur, pineapple liqueur, soft honey (acacia, for example) and quite a lot of orange-flavoured buttercream. That last element might sound worrying, but we could eat a whole bucket of it without hesitation. With water: it gathers around malt and vanilla fudge. Finish: fairly long, still creamy, still with plenty of orange-flavoured buttercream. Very gentle spices in the aftertaste. Comments: this Glendullan is jolly good, even if one suspects the barrel has done a large part of the job. Job very well done.
SGP:641 - 86 points. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
