Girvan 1964 Single Grain Scott's Selection

Girvan 48 Year Old 1964 The Nectar of the Daily Drams

The Nectar of the Daily Drams is a well known Belgian bottler. Two years ago, they launched this grain whisky, a 48 Year Old Girvan from 1964. Wonderfully sweet nose on nougat, butterscotch, vanilla, pecan nuts and a note of passion fruit. Something that reminds me of varnish all the way in the back. Some wood shavings too. Wonderfully soft. After...

Score 86/100

Girvan 18 Year Old 1989 Blackadder Raw Cask

Another golden oldie grain! Distilled in 1989 and bottled in 2008 by Blackadder, the bottler that adds some cask residue in its famous Raw Cask series. I must confess that I do not have a lot of experience with this grain. This is only the 6th that I taste so far. The nose is very promising on banana, coconut and peach from a tin. Vanilla and...

Score 86/100

Girvan 12 Year Old 2006 Cadenhead’s

Girvan is a relatively young distillery, founded in 1963 by the family William Grant & Sons, which we all know from Glenfiddich and Balvenie, but also from Kininvie and newcomer Ailsa Bay. Girvan was founded to produce the needed quantity of grain for the blends of the company: Grant’s. We’ll try a relatively young cask that was bottle by...

Score 83/100

Girvan 33 Year Old 1979 Cadenhead Small Batch

The Girvan Distillery can be found in the Lowlands and is owned by William Grants & Sons, better known as the company behind Glenfiddich. The production is destined for the blends of the company, but independent bottlers often are able to put their hands on nicely matured casks, such as this very pale Girvan 1979, no less than 33 years old,...

Score 84/100