Glenburghie 18 Year Old 1989 Mission Murray McDavid

Glenburgie 1964

After the teens and tweens, we now get to the big boys. Gordon & Macphail bottled this Glenburgie from 1964 at the age of 46 years. Ah, now that is the better nose. Creamy and sweet on dark fruit, toasted oak, light hints of coffee. Slightly salty farmers butter. Again a hint of cooked vegetables, but also marzipan and hazelnuts. It even...

Score 88/100

Glenburgie 23 Year Old 1989 Chester Whisky

A new independent bottler has risen. The Chester Whisky & Liqueur Company Ltd has its HQ in Chester, about 20 kilometres south of Liverpool on the English westcoast. In 2012 they released their first three bottlings: a Clynelish 1997, a Teaninich 1982 and this Glenburgie 1989. Hey! Waxy nose with only a little fruit, but immediately mineraly....

Score 85/100

Glenburgie Glenlivet 5 Year Old bottled 1980s

Nose: hints of orange juice. Slightly fragrant notes of coriander seeds and apricots. Develops on sweet yellow apple. Holds the middle between fruity, grassy and mineral notes. Not very complex or expressive but very nice for a 5 year-old, quite old-fashioned and perfectly enjoyable. Mouth: less sweet than I expected, even a bit weakish. Watery...

Score 84/100

Glenburgie 25 Year Old 1983 Bladnoch Forum

The Bladnoch Forum likes to bottle single casks. Let me put to head to head, cask 9804 and 9803. This one is 25 years old, bottled in 2009. The nose is much lighter than the previous one. White fruit and crystal sugar. Slightly creamy. Vanilla and pineapple, Turkish delight. Something of lager beer too, but luckily not stale. Freshly cut grass. A...

Score 83/100