Glengoyne English Merchants' Choice

Glengoyne 15 Year Old

Glengoyne might not have crossed your radar, yet they've managed to amass a steady following in the last few years. This former Edrington property was developed into a successful single malt brand by new owners Ian Mcleod, they banked on the beauty of the site as a tourist destination but also the sherry heavy maturation profile that former...

Score 86/100

Glengoyne 10 Year Old

Glengoyne is known to be the slow unpeated scotch. By that, I mean that Glengoyne never uses peat and the process used to distilled it is said to be slower than any other process used for scotch. Because of that, I was expecting a light whisky. That was not exactly the case. On my first dram, I had some herbal notes, some charred wood and some...

Score 82/100

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 14 Year Old

A naturally coloured whisky from a distillery which advertises the fact that it has the slowest stills in Scotland. Olorosso sherry casks are used in maturation. Nose A soft waft of vanilla and caramel accompany glacè cherries. Ginger and cream round off a well balanced and gentle nose. For those in Britain Fox’s crunch biscuits come to mind....

Score 81/100