The Granary 1973 MBl

Overall rating
88.53/100
votes
59
Whiskybase ID
WB160209
Category
Blended Grain
Distilleries
Bottler
Meadowside Blending (MBl)
Bottling serie
Blended Grain Whisky
Vintage
1973
Bottled
2020
Stated Age
46 years old
Casktype
Sherry Butt
Strength
50.1 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Added on
10 jun 2020 3:01 pm by Dollemalt
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The Granary 1973 MBl
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The Granary 1973 MBl
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The Granary 1973 MBl
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The Granary 1973 MBl
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Average value

€ 290.23

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Whisky reviews for The Granary 1973 MBl

10 users have left 11 reviews for this whisky. Average rating is 88.53 points.

  1. peatbogger scored this whisky 88 points Specialist

    Quick review of a single dram.
    A blend of Invergordon and North British from the early -70's... promising.
    • Nose
      88 88
      The good old Invergordon nose dominates, which I love.
      Sweet caramel and dark berries.
      Spices, cinnamon and a hint of vanilla.
      The 50%+ ABV gets noticeable after nosing a few times, yet I don't recommend water, at least be careful.
    • Taste
      89 89
      More expressive on the berries and fruits.
      Dark and sweet.
      Again I would not recommend too much water as this seems to lift the spice considerably and dilute everything else.
    • Finish
      88 88
      Medium+ finish.
      Fading on sweet fruits and dark warming chocolate.

  2. Slàinte Mhath scored this whisky 88 points Super Administrator

    Quick hit review.

    As an old grain aficionado, I have probably become a bit picky, or shall we say experienced? Elegant and refined, the nose drifts towards crème brûlée, marzipan and chamomile. On the palate, wood spices, caramel and eucalyptus are interwoven with dried fruits. Gingerbread, lingering sweetness and raisins subside in the lovely finish. There is quality across the board, but it doesn't push into the 90s for me. Oh dear, I hope I do not become a grain snob.

    RATING: 4.0/5.0 stars ≙ 88 pts → FIRST-CLASS

  3. Will_iam scored this whisky 89 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      88 88
    • Finish
      90 90

  4. Cubey666 scored this whisky 88 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      88 88
      glue, coconut, honey, vanilla, sugar, biscuits, soft sweet stew, delicate oak tones, some hay and a mini whiff of smoke
    • Taste
      88 88
      soft, red fruit, vanilla, candies, sugar water, bit of white pepper, cookies and biscuits, caramel, spicy oak. milk chocolate
    • Finish
      87 87
      hay, vanilla, glue, sugar, yellow fruits, lots of caramel, toffee, and milk chocolate.

  5. Will_iam scored this whisky 89 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      90 90
    • Finish
      90 90

  6. Ziggy24 scored this whisky 88 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      87 87
    • Taste
      89 89
    • Finish
      87 87

  7. Lu Cifer scored this whisky 88 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      88 88
    • Finish
      87 87

  8. Likudi scored this whisky 86 points Shoplink Moderator

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      85 85
    • Finish
      85 85

  9. Brunobaer1887 scored this whisky 89 points Expert Senior

    At the end of the bottle - after almost exactly six months - it appears spicier and the barrel overlays the fruity aromas, in the finish it comes across as slightly bubbly
    • Nose
      89 89
      Incredibly interesting substance, a completely different nose than I know from malts (is my first grain).
      I smell pasty peanuts, caramel and milk chocolate. Like a Snickers candy bar. This is followed by dried apricots and almonds
    • Taste
      88 88
      Very pleasantly spicy oak with a clearly sweet top note, the barrel is intense. Then there is coconut, milk chocolate and a fruit component that I cannot further assign
    • Finish
      90 90
      Very mild and pleasant, you don't feel the 50.1% at any moment. The taste lingers for a long time, a very light oak flavor remains. Great stuff

  10. Hvdree scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      89 89
    • Finish
      89 89

  11. Chesterfield scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    I looked for a bottle of Whisky with my birthdate over years, now i found this one and i was very excited and curious to taste it.

    I had a interesting tasting with additional two Whiskys to compare, in fact: The Chita (japanese Grain Whisky) and the Glendronach Parliament 21 years old.

    I thought this comparison is helpful for me, to rank this Granary 1973 more objective.
    • Nose
      I started with the CHITA, who smells very sweet and soft like toffee and macadamiacream and coconut. For me very less Oak in the nose.

      The GLENDRONACH 21 is in the nose as sweet as the chita, the typical sherrybomb nose with all its flavors of dark dried fuits and walnut. I can smell the age of 21 years and much spicy intense oak.

      THE GRANARY 1973 is not so intense in the nose like the Glendronach 21. I got sweetness, toffee, macadamiacream, coconut, the oak is very pleasant incorporated. Nice complex nose but not as old and intense i expecteted from a 46 years old cask strength whisky.
    • Taste
      The CHITA tasted like the nose very soft and sweet.

      The GLENDRONACH 21 tasted very intense like dried plums and raisins, dark chocolate and espresso. Massive spicy oak and harmoniously integrated tannins.

      THE GRANARY 1973 tasted very sweet at first, then i got the typical sherryflavors with additional similar grainflavors like the CHITA has. And again i do not make the experience i expected, to have a 46 years old whisky in my glass.
      At last i mixed the CHITA and the GLENDRONACH 21 together in one glass and i was surprised because of getting a whisky very close to THE GRANARY 1973.
      If you want to now, how THE GRANARY 1973 tastes like before you buy it, you have to mix THE CHITA (1-2 parts) with the GLENDRONACH 21(one part) to get a sample ;-)
    • Finish
      THE GRANARY 1973 for me, is a nice complex whisky, very sweet and for that age almost no bitterness. In face of 46 years of aging it still has typical grain notes what is not bad for me, because it makes this whisky more complex. The cask can not cover the grain completely like Benedikt Lüning from whisky.de said in his tastingvideo in youtube.
      To conclude this tasting i would say, ok its a nice whisky, but it can not give you the expirience of a 46 years old whisky. For me the GLENDRONACH 21 or for example a GLENFARCLAS 25 are more intense in the nose and tastes older than this GRANARY 1973.

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