Glen Garioch The Renaissance

Name: Glen Garioch The Renaissance
Brand: Glen Garioch
SKU: 55988
Rating: 85.94 (216 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.94/100
votes: 216

Whiskybase ID: WB55988
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glen Garioch
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: 1st Chapter
Bottled: 2014
Stated Age: 15 years old
Casktype: Bourbon and Sherry Casks
Number of bottles: 12000
Strength: 51.9 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: L142264
Barcode: 5010496004050
Added on: 03 Jul 2014 11:35 am by 404fred

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Whisky Reviews for Glen Garioch The Renaissance

58 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.94 points

Totoro scored this whisky 88 points
03 Apr 2020 12:42 pm
Nose

88 88

Quintessentially Garioch, with tart / sour apple aromas and an elegant minerality. Also a yeasty side and bit of wax and hessian. The sherried components are clearly discernable and there's some soft sulphur involved as well - no idea if it's coming from the spirit or the casks. Finally, some vegetal notes like cooked potatoes, beets and roots. I quite like this and would prefer it over the much-loved and well-sherried 15 y.o. for travel retail. It's less intense but more refined and complex.

Taste

87 87

Sweet and sour, then increasingly honeyed toward the middle, with a lovely dusty / dunnage aspect. Thankfully, no sherry sulphur on the palate. Not spectacular, but really well-made and characterful. Gives you absolutely nothing to complain about. A whisky drinker's whisky, if that makes sense.

Finish

88 88

Pretty long. A slowly fading reprise of the trademark Glen Garioch aromas that were first apparent on the nose. Dusty, mineralic, great balance between cask and spirit, no overt oak.
Koning scored this whisky 87 points
24 Mar 2021 8:52 pm
This is a very recognisable Glen Garioch, not too far from the regular 12 year old. Has nice depth and balance.

Nose

88 88

Dulce de leche and a blue cheese, much like the regular 12 year old! Earthy notes like soy sauce, straw and coffee are nicely balanced with a fruity notes like apple syrup and redcurrants.

Taste

87 87

Full and creamy mouth feel with milk chocolate and a strange sensation of fried onions. Apricots and citrus fruits, vanilla biscuits and a slightly bitter spiciness.

Finish

85 85

Starts on juicy citrus fruits with clear oaky and spicy notes. The fried onion from the palate and the soy sauce from the nose reappear, and a light smokiness lingers.
StyrianSpirit scored this whisky 88 points
17 Jun 2017 8:51 pm
Glen Garioch is known to make great sherry bombs, but sherry bourbon cask compilations are also excellent. In direct comparison to the 2nd Chapter of the Distillery Renaissance, we are on the even more fruity side, while the baking and oak flavors are less pronounced. The 2nd Chapter may be a bit rounder and fuller; the first chapter juicy-fresh.

Nose

The first nose of the Whiskynosingglas is characterized by very fine apricot fruit, oranges and a little warm crumb cake. The whole thing is backed by minty fresh, which is followed by a few bright grapes and green apples.

Taste

In the mouth, the Glen Garioch is very fruity, there are next to apricots and the oranges there and it immediately begins to spread a fine pepperiness. Now comes the Muscat trance.

Finish

The finale is medium to long, the fruits with the sharpness aromas are now complemented by the, for Glen Garioch so typical, oak notes. A very fine fruity-spicy, oak-enriched finish.
ASWhisky scored this whisky 86 points
08 May 2015 6:35 pm
nice fine notes, water would destroy mmh, I like them indeed

Nose

a touch of black radish juice, nutty, with herbs, woodruff
Cherries in salted water, mmh that is pretty salty and spicy
this is fruit in the background and the salt note in the foreground
a little different than usual
a bit like saltwater inhalation
the nose is very beautiful ... has character and yet is harmonious
the longer he stands the more comes fruit and nut

Taste

a smooth start and a wow in the mouth
nutty and herbal nice mixture
a very smooth mouthfeel with a great chilli catch in the mouth
bright fruits, apricots

megabreit wrote: In the mouth really a great performance, alcohol not superficial, soft and supple chocolate, nuts and fruit lay around the tongue, the whole thing then with hot beeswax

a very independent exciting character
not soft washed and not mainstream

Finish

very nutty
some chocolate
always the herbs ... spicy and yet light
no weight
Green tea
Nashi pear and baked apple juice
Striking but not bitter
Smooth woodruff sticks to the palate
Dris scored this whisky 86 points
02 Oct 2021 3:30 am
Nose

86 86

Taste

86 86

Finish

85 85
gaboruso scored this whisky 85 points
24 Jul 2021 9:33 pm
Nose

85 85

Taste

85 85

Finish

84 84
Ficelli scored this whisky 87 points
09 Jul 2021 5:06 pm
Nose

87 87

Taste

88 88

Finish

86 86
dongolzo81 scored this whisky 83 points
18 Jun 2021 8:35 pm
Nose

81 81

Taste

86 86

Finish

82 82
elipszis scored this whisky 91 points
08 May 2021 6:10 pm
Big opponent of this whisky is Glenfarclas 15.

Nose

91 91

sherry
juicy sweet fruits:
persimmon
figs
raisins
fresh cedar wood

Taste

92 92

ginger
toffee
needed
chocolate cream
high alcohol levels are good

Finish

90 90

medium long
spicy
chocolate
LittlePeat scored this whisky 86 points
04 May 2021 10:45 pm
Nose

87 87

Taste

86 86

Finish

84 84

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