326) Glen Garioch 1994 (Bottled 2011), 17YO
Old note back in 2016

T- Buttery and slimy, despite high strength
N- Light charred, toast bread and floral honey. Deep waves of pepper, clove and nutty filling the pack. Berries and winery.
P- Trademark of high on spicy and polished liquid, along concentrated pungent citrus and brandied fruits. Creamy honey and more floral. Good strength and fine balance between muscle and softness.
F- Long. Warming and elegant. Spiciness building up overtimes with thick honey and mints. Sensational.
Weighted Rate:- 92pt
— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.

* Tasted it in June 2013 at a masterclass by Gordon Dundas ( Brand Ambassadeur of Bowmore, Auchentoshan and Glen Garioch) found some old notes.

Colour: Gold.
Nose: Very fresh and floral, intense, light, slightly peaty,
rather round, with some vanilla and slightly creamy notes.
Taste: Spicy to
very spicy, oaky, floral, on ginger, vanilla, rather waxy, with some light
bitter smoky and floral notes. Rather full bodied. The finish is medium, spicy,
slightly bitter, smoky, with some grassy and buttery notes, on vanilla and some
oaky notes. Diluted, there are some light violet notes.
Impression: A good
spicy and rather bold Glen Garioch, with pleasant floral and smoky notes. This
is one of the last Glen Garioch distilled using lightly peated malt made on the
distillery’s floor maltings.

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Serge
Glen Garioch 1994/2011 (53.9%, OB, batch No 32, North American oak barrels) It’s quite ‘funny’ that Glen Garioch has been following Bowmore’s path, glorious 1960s, excellent early to mid 1970s, then a drop (sometimes abysmal), and then some great spirit again from around 1990 on. Let’s check this new baby… Colour: white wine. Nose: starts quite hot, a tad spirity and all on fresh garden fruit, mainly pears and apples as well as greengages. Also a little pineapple drop and then more wet rocks or gravel, with an obvious flinty side, and lastly, more vegetal notes (fern, grass, earth, humus) and vanilla. With water: gets farmier, more on grains, barnyard, leaven and then peat… We’re close to the barley here, and that’s very nice in this context. Nice nose. Mouth (neat): much in line with the nose, pear drops, liquorice, cough drops, berries… (cranberries). Pleasant bitterness (strong green tea, peat). With water: becomes more compact, nicely so, with rather more oranges and touches of cloves. It’s a big, full-bodied dram. Finish: medium long, maybe even a tad short despite the mint, the liquorice and the pepper that are in the aftertaste. Comments: quite perfect youngish Glen Garioch, fresh, full and moderately peaty. We’re probably not back to the fab level of the 1960s and early 1970s yet but that may be coming… SGP:453 - 85 points.