Coming Soon - 2009 Signatory Vintage Glendullan 15 Year Old Cask #10 Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Another obscurity from a large-scale Diageo-owned distillery that usually winds up in blends or in the Singleton bottlings that we carry every now and then. 344 bottles were finished in a first-fill oloroso hogshead. No tasting notes on this specific cask, however, there are some indications from whiskyfun who sampled Cask#11, which should be quite close. 55.5% Alc./Vol. Non chill filtered.

Sister Cask #11 tasted ... Colour: mahogany. Nose: very vinous, but in the good sense, really giving you the feeling of nosing some old brandy de Jerez, only much less sweetened or boosted by whatever-it-is. Bags of chocolate, powdered coffee, fig spirit, walnut liqueur… With water: very ripe figs and roasted pecans join the party. Mouth (neat): rich, firing straight away on leather, tobacco and bitter orange. Then it carries on with more leather, tobacco and bitter orange, before settling on more leather yet, tobacco and bitter orange. And chocolate. What you would call a compact and coherent palate. With water: becomes spicier, in a lovely fashion, with several kinds of pepper and, above all, plenty of juniper and clove. Finish: long and creamy, chocolatey again. Pepper and chocolate are still dancing together very nicely. Comments: we like this compact sherried Glendullan rather a lot. 85 points - whiskyfun.com