Like the Port Ellen 1983 , this Glen Grant 1972 was bottled by Maltbarn in 2012 but held back until recently. Like the neighbouring Caperdonich 1972, it’s one of the old delights that seem to have disappeared from the market almost entirely.
Glen Grant 40 yo 1972 (51,6%, Maltbarn 2012, sherry cask, 49 btl.)
Nose: the joys of whisky. Different kinds of fruit jams (apricots and greengages), mixed with wonderful beehive notes (pollen, beeswax, honeycomb) and fine polished oak. Very light mineral notes, as well as a minty freshness. Quite brilliant. Mouth: spicy, with a faint oaky bitterness, but...
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