Glen Garioch 1998

Name: Glen Garioch 1998
Brand: Glen Garioch
SKU: 55611
Rating: 85.75 (127 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.75/100
votes: 127

Whiskybase ID: WB55611
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glen Garioch
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Wine Cask Matured
Vintage: 23.06.1998
Bottled: 2014
Stated Age: 15 years old
Casktype: Bordeaux Wine Barrels
Casknumber: Batch 24
Number of bottles: 5400
Strength: 48.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5010496004098
Added on: 10 Jun 2014 11:36 am by RoyC

Average value

€ 130.64

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Whisky Reviews for Glen Garioch 1998

29 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.75 points

Koning scored this whisky 82 points
24 Mar 2021 8:40 pm
The nose is very fine, but the palate is not very balanced as I often find the case with red wine casks. Not my type of whisky, and the typical Glen Garioch character is hardly recognisable in this one.

Nose

85 85

Strawberry jam and chocolate, with some mint, cumin, cardboard, straw and the cheesy note I often encounter in Glen Gariochs.

Taste

79 79

The red fruits (cherries) and chocolate battle with stale notes like wet dog, musty leaves, tannin, and a metal/plastic like note. I also get some oak spices (pepper and ginger), and a bit of vanilla. Mixed feelings!

Finish

83 83

More vanilla now, with cacao, red fruits (redcurrants and strawberry) and bitter lemon. Som oak spices again and a clear hint of smoke.
Totoro scored this whisky 88 points
07 Feb 2021 8:55 pm
Changed my mind about full-term red-wine maturations. This one really works!

Nose

88 88

Taste

89 89

Finish

88 88
Mankut scored this whisky 89 points
16 Aug 2020 11:39 pm
Nose

89 89

Alcoholic nose quite balanced, the winey character comes to the fore.

Taste

91 91

Sweet intense tasty not too complex very balanced in contrast to the Renaissance 2016 Chapter 2 balanced .... very, very tasty. No burning, no stinging in the mouth. Alcohol perfectly integrated.

Finish

91 91

Not too long. But friendly pleasant.
Great Glen Garioch.
Perfect wine barrel aging.
Najzero scored this whisky 86 points
07 Nov 2017 7:18 pm

Nose: red fruit, wood. After some time in the glass and rest, you get a nice fruity mulled wine
Mouth: Alcohol on the tongue (strange for 48%), which is immediately replaced by fruit and then by wood. Tongue is then dry again pretty quickly and ... Departure: leave behind a pleasant woody taste (compare the taste "in the air" after sawing a lot of wood and going into the room the next day). For a non-smoky whisky the finish is passably long, if somehow "Weinig-dry". If you like dry red wines, you should definitely use them here.
Noface83 scored this whisky 85 points
23 Jul 2017 4:44 pm
Nose: slightly dusty, malt and toffee, glucose, blueberries, raspberries, dark honey, light alcohol and snappy oak. Very sweet and fruity with spicy tops.
Taste: full and creamy, very spicy with pepper and ginger, only with time comes back some honey and sour berry fruits. After swallowing the spice is dominant again (now with some cinnamon), dry grape sweetness and a touch of chocolate are also included. It remains a very dry mouth which is covered with a lot of oak flavor.
I must honestly say that I needed something to deal with that but the great mixture of fruit, spicy oak and dry wine notes I like better and better from sip to sip.
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  82 82
- Finish
  
  84 84
markjedi1 scored this whisky 85 points
06 May 2015 7:28 am
A bit of a difficult
balancing act, I think, but in the end it all turns out nice. Around 120 EUR,
which I do not find cheap.

Nose

The nose is creamy
and sweet. Very sweet in fact. Apples and all kinds of red fruits: strawberry,
raspberry, cherries, but also some rum-raisins. Loads of toffee. Acacia honey.
Some ginger and a pinch of cinnamon. Reminds me somewhat of cognac. I like it.

Taste

It starts somewhat
sour on the palate, but recuperates quickly. Very spicy on cloves, cinnamon,
white pepper and ginger. Some liquorice as well. The fruit – which consists
mostly of raspberries, but some plums and oranges quickly kick in – does
struggle to get past the wine. But then it finds its second wind and turns
wonderfully sweet. Hints of milk chocolate.

Finish

The finish is long
and spicy but it remains sweet until the death.
molpet scored this whisky 90 points
25 Apr 2022 7:06 am
A heavy red wine profile. The whisky is complex, intense, oily, with red berry aromas and flavors all over it. The Glen Garioch spirit is a little bit dirty and musty. Ok, maybe more than just a little bit! Combining this with heavy wine flavours might not be for everybody. I get it. However, I very much enjoyed this whisky. I consider the price around 100 Euro to be more than fair for what is being offered here. 130+, not so much...

Nose

89 89

Taste

92 92

Finish

89 89
ffmdino did not rate this whisky
25 Nov 2021 9:29 pm
I found this difficult and challenging
for me, spirit and barrel did not go together here
I've had better Glen Garioch with a wine finish in the glass

Nose

Red wine becomes more, dusty, red fruits and berries, red Haribo bear, bitter honey, minimal sweetness, slightly spicy, slightly chemical note, vanilla comes, minimally sour increases

Taste

soft, round, creamy on the palate
spicy, old pew, ashes, dusty, not a strange note, grapes that are easily deadened

Finish

medium long
slightly a chemical note, slightly artificial leather, tart, bitter, chocolate ~ 70%
Fat Bastard! scored this whisky 86 points
29 Aug 2021 6:22 pm
Nose

87 87

Taste

85 85

Finish

86 86
Ficelli scored this whisky 88 points
17 Jun 2021 6:01 pm
Nose

89 89

Taste

88 88

Finish

87 87

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