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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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March 16, 2026 |
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The Time Warp Sessions,
today indie Glenglassaugh
in sherry |
Glenglassaugh is another of those distilleries whose relative absence on WF we regret. We have certainly tasted close to a hundred over the years, but the pace has slowed markedly of late, even though the brand has launched official bottlings (OB) fairly recently. Well, we shall try to make an effort! Let us remember that Glenglassaugh was closed not long after the second whisky we are going to taste today, in 1986, only reopening in 2008, before passing into the expert hands of the Benriach gang in 2013. The first one we are going to taste was therefore already produced under the new regime… |
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Glenglassaugh 10 yo 2015/2025 (55.4%, The Whisky Exchange, The Zodiac Series: Pisces, oloroso hogshead, cask #68) 
Colour: deep gold. Nose: very much on a properly dry oloroso, with shoe polish and old walnuts, even a few saline touches that could remind us of an oloroso from Sanlúcar, all of it working like clockwork for now. With water: a little chartreuse, parsley and paraffin begin to emerge. Mouth (neat): very much to our liking indeed, again on a very saline sherry, with touches of peppered little biscuits and slightly bitter dried fruits, the sort of thing we enjoy greatly, almost a small nod towards the best amaros and amari. With water: very dry, bitter, delightful if that is your sort of thing, walnuts and bitter almonds. Finish: long and very much in the continuation of the palate, walnuts and pepper. Comments: we had secretly hoped to be a little closer to the distillate, but we must admit this is a very fine sherry, so we are not entirely sure we have lost anything in the exchange.
SGP: - 87 points. |
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Glenglassaugh 1983/1996 (55.7%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #21.8) 
A 1983 by Mo Or had been superb! (WF 90). Colour: dark red amber. Nose: splendid sherry packed with dried fruits, very much in the style of a very high-level PX. Figs and dates stuffed with marzipan are particularly prominent, beerawecka as well, and even more heaps of raisins. Grandmother’s sultanas… With water: Corinth raisins and plenty of small almost sweet herbs, such as aniseed, stevia of course, lemon balm, and even white clover flowers. Yum! Mouth (neat): perhaps a little less balanced on the palate, one almost feels like there may have been massive doses of paxarette, yet it remains superb, provided you enjoy fruitcakes and raisins. With water: pipe tobacco begins to appear, along with black pepper and dark chocolate. Finish: long, still on raisins, yet the little salty side found in the 2015 reappears here. Slightly… Comments: simply excellent old-style sherry.
SGP:651 - 89 points. |
In short, if we wanted to stay close to the distillate, it’s a complete miss. On the other hand, those sherries were still very, very beautiful. |
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