Glenturret 8 Year Old Bottled 1980s

Glenturret 34 Year Old 1977 Malts of Scotland

I confess that at first I found it a bit strange that Malts of Scotland decided to launch two Glenturrets side by side, that are only 3 years apart. This one is older, yet has a slightly higher ABV. Ah, the individuality of casks, eh? In contrast with the 1980, the nose on this Glenturret is much more grain and nut oriented. Think breakfast...

Score 89/100

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

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 1988 / 29 Year Old / Signatory

Neither Signatory nor The Nectar need an introduction, I think. So we’ll skip those pleasantries and move on to the bottle at hand: a Glenturret from 1988 that matured for no less than 29 years and was bottled at cask strength. It was presented at the grand Spirits in the Sky festival, where I scored a sample. Let us get to it! The first thing I...

Score 87/100