Single Malt
Scotland
1 Feb 1973
1 Jul 2012
This thirty-nine year old Glenglassaugh has been finished in Muscat sweet wine barrels to lend it a rich chocolate and berry notes.
Rich grapey aromas, limes and chocolate with berries, charred oak and liquorice.
Medium body, sweet berries, limes, sultana and chocolate to the fore followed by traces of treacle and oak.
Smooth, with dark berries and spicy citrus.
Nose: citrus, muscato sweet wine. Taste: butter toffee, oak Finish: citrus tang, dry wood. Im supposed to have been able to taste chocolate and berries in this one but did not. I love the sweet wine hints throughout though.
Just had some tonight. So smooth... :)
Hi there! From what we can gather, it's been finished for around 18 months, so on the shorter end of your scale. --The Chaps at Master of Malt
How long has the whisky been finished in the Muscat casks? There are whiskies that have been "finished" for only a few months and others that have spent more than half their life "finishing"(e.g. the Linkwood 26 year old releases from 2008).
