Glengoyne 12 Year Old 1999 Provenance Douglas Laing

Glengoyne 10 Year Old

I'm not sure if this is my first Glengoyne. I may have tasted the 15 Year Old awhile back but I don't think I've ever reviewed one. From what I could find online, Glengoyne straddles the Highland line and so their whisky is _distilled_ in the Highlands but _matured_ in the Lowlands. Does it matter? I'm not really sure. The label states that the...

Score 87/100

Glengoyne 1997 Malts of Scotland, Sherry Butt 582, 614 bts

This Glengoyne was bottled by Malts of Scotland, the well-known German independent bottler. The spirit was distilled on 17th February 1997 and bottled at the age of 12 in June 2006. Coincidence or not, this one has the same ABV as the official bottling of the 12 Year Old Cask Strength. But that’s where the comparison ends. This one is darker (due...

Score 89/100

Glengoyne 14 Year Old 2000 Malts of Scotland

Glengoyne is bottled quite often by the German Duitse Malts of Scotland. This is already their 28th cask if I am not mistaken. I have not tried all of them, of course, but I really wanted to try this new release, a Glengoyne from 2000, matured on a sherry cask. The nose is quite sweet on plums, sultanas, mandarin and liquorice. I am reminded of...

Score 85/100

Glengoyne 1972 vintage

Glengoyne, for me, is a bit of a hit or miss distillery. Their 17 year old is quite terrible while the 21 is sheer class. At the same time the 10 and 12 are decent in their own rights. So, while I had heard a lot of good things about the '72 (bottled 2011), I was reluctant to pre-judge. What greeted me was one of the most heady noses I have...

Score 91/100