Glenturret 34 Year Old Cask #2 Berry Bros & Rudd

Glenturret Peated Edition

The days that peated whisky was solely produced on Islay are long gone (actually, they never existed). Quite a few distilleries like to experiment with pated malt, including Glenturret. This is their Peated Edition, of which the production is normally destined to go into their blend Black Grouse, but is now presented as single malt. Wonderfully...

Score 82/100

Glenturret 12 Year Old Bott. 1980s

The official 10 Year Old was just fine. Let us see if the 12 Year Old, bottled way back in 1996, does any better. Apple juice, orange juice and sweet malt. That is the essence of this very simple nose. After a few moments some floral elements kick in, but the jury is out on the fact whether this is a plus or not. It is honeysweet with a mild sour...

Score 79/100

Glenturret 1977/2012 Maltbarn

Even though it can boast the title of being the oldest surviving distillery in Scotland, Glenturret has a slandered reputation with whisky enhusiasts. To most it is nowadays little more than a Potemkin distillery, serving as a tourist forefront to promote the Famous Grouse blend. Just an opinion by posh connoisseurs, or has this distillery truly...

Score 90/100

Glenturret Triple Wood / European Edition

Glenturret is not the most famous of Highland distilleries, while it is one of the oldest, founded in 1775. But I’m sure you’ve heard of the Famous Grouse before, which has its spiritual home here. In 2015 Glenturret also jumped on the NAS-bandwagon and released three new expressions: Triple Wood, Sherry Cask and Peated. I will try all three,...

Score 80/100