Glen Grant 15 Year Old 100 Proof Bottled 1970s Gordon & Macphail

Glen Grant 17 Year Old 1993 A.D. Rattray

OK, the official bottlings have been tasted, time for some Indies. Let us start with a 17 Year Old single cask Glen Grent from A.D. Rattray. The nose is alive and kicking and very aromatic on pears, oranges and banana. Vanilla and a touch of oak. Quite floral too. Some dried grass, maybe even some hay, and a nice bouquet of spring flowers. Wet...

Score 85/100

Glen Grant 24 Year Old 1995 Signatory Cask Strength for The Nectar

Another one of those beautiful decanters from the Cask Strength Collection from Signatory, filled this time with a Glen Grant from 1995 that matured no less than 24 years on a bourbon barrel. It was selected and bottled for the Belgian importer The Nectar. Wow! This is a veritable bomb on the nose with lots of banana, honey, caramel and vanilla...

Score 88/100

Glen Grant 16 Year Old

Tonight's theme is 100% one cask maturation (but it's bound not to work out perfectly) Nose is light and very fruity, even floral with a touch of rose. Some alcohol aromas. First sip is honeyed and soft with some rosewater like flavours. Soft and very very smooth finish.

Score 81/100

Glen Grant The Major's Reserve

Picked up two of these bottles on special, one of which became the first bottle of my (re)new whisky collection. The other bottle I have opened and drank around a fifth of the bottle. This review was conducted in a Glen Cairn with no water added. Nose: Biscuit, shortbread, wattle, banana flavored confectionery, barley, milk bottle lollies Taste:...

Score 70/100