Glen Garioch 1967 36 Year Old Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

Glen Garioch 12 Year Old 1990 Cadenhead

Cadenhead is one Scotland’s oldest independent bottlers. Their Authentic Collection contains, among others, this Glen Garioch from 1990, bottled at cask strength in 2003. The nose is very feisty, almost piquant. I get a fair amount of nuts, a wonderful smokiness and a truckload of both vanilla and cake, whipped cream on top. A fruit cake with...

Score 88/100

Glen Garioch 21 Year Old 1990 Archives

With only 5 Glen Garioch under my belt (including two rather special ones: the 1971 by Samaroli that is still in my personal top ten, and the 46 Year Old from 1958 that I tasted during my trip to Scotland in 2011), I can hardly claim being knowledgeable about Glen Garioch. For me, this Highlander is hit & miss. I wonder what this one will mean...

Score 82/100

Glen Garioch 24yo 1990/2014 Cadenhead

As a 1990 Vintage myself, I can’t help being biased towards any bottle that shares my year of birth (except for that one horrendous 1990 vintage Glentauchers distillers label from G&M). To me Glen Garioch is the sugarplum fairy of the whisky world: synonymous with a sweet, fruity and candied profile. Plus this is pre-1995 Glen Garioch, which...

Score 84/100

Glen Garioch 1995

Nose : Quite spicy, some coconut, lovely wood. fresh sort of. with some candy on the nose, banana and vanilla add crème Brule. rather creamy.Very Nice banana cream becomes more evident as time goes by, or if you add a wee bit of water. I think the nose can benefit from a splash of water here. Palate: It’s like a vanilla banana popsicle we get here...

Score 89/100