Glen Grant 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

"GG10 remains, if found at a bar, my single malt of choice." - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2025-26

Glen Grant is named after its two founders, James and John Grant who built the distillery in Rothes in 1840. After their death, the son of James, Major James Grant took over the business, and built another distillery across the road naming it “Glen Grant II” (today known as Caperdonich). The Major always aimed at producing a first rate malt, and so designed the distilleries especially tall, slender stills and purifiers himself. He reputedly enjoyed leading guests through his exotic gardens to a nearby falls where, taken from his secret whisky safe, he’d offer drams of Glen Grant accompanied by spring water drawn from the same Speyside burn that still feeds the distillery today. When the Major died, his grand son, Major Douglas Mackessack took over the distillery, continuing its success.

Like most distilleries, Glen Grant closed its doors during the two World Wars due to a lack of barley and has since changed ownership several times. The distillery was sold in 2006 to the Italian group, Campari as a result of the acquisition of Allied Domecq by Pernod Ricard. It remains one of the world's best-selling single malts (being especially popular in Italy).

Matured in x Bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks, the ten year old offers light, fresh, easy-drinking, with a mildly fruity bouquet (nashi pear), hints of dried grass, and subtle flavours of biscuity malt, vanilla and cinnamon; orchard fruits returning at the finish. 40% Alc./Vol.

Other reviews... Only Glen Grant at 10 can be this delicate, this refined, this understated and still unbelievably complex. It is this magical formula that every single malt distillery aspires to but only a small handful achieve. It is for this reason GG10 remains, if found at a bar, my single malt of choice. 96 points - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2025-26

(n23.5) OK: let's take turns in counting the rungs on the barley ladder here...the usual crisp aroma, but softened by deft, if unspecific fruitiness (maybe the distant aroma of a very old orange and by no means unpleasant!), myriad vanilla and butterscotch notes can do without the toffee one; (t24) magnificent! A malty delivery which simultaneously melts in the mouth, yet offers granite-like barley that crashes into your teeth; the star, perhaps are the sugars which vary from caster, through golden syrup and pans out somewhere in the muscovado range - curiously honey-free, though; (f23) a tad tangy, though the caramel returns to turn out the lights after the butterscotch and marzipan say goodnight...; (b23.5) unquestionably the best official 10yo bottling i have tasted from this distillery. Absolutely nails it! Oh, and had they bottled this at 46% abv and without the trimmings...my word! Might well have been a contender for Scotch Whisky of the Year. It won't be long before word finally gets out just how bloody good this distillery is. 95 points - Jim Murrays Whisky Bible 2013

Awarded: 'Best Single Malt Scotch 10 Years & Under' - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2015