Glen Garioch The Renaissance

Name: Glen Garioch The Renaissance
Brand: Glen Garioch
SKU: 55988
Rating: 85.87 (205 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.87/100
votes: 205

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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€ 92.40

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Whisky Reviews for Glen Garioch The Renaissance

50 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.87 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.
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
dapoinbua scored this whisky 89 points
10 Jan 2021 7:15 pm
as i only had the 12 year old before i did not expect this to happen. a wonderful expressiom of glen garioch. filled with richness of ripe fruits, topped with a biscuitty sweetness. complex and delicious. highly recommended!

Nose

90 90

very round nose, ripe plums, sugar, sweet bread, vanilla cones, some tropical fruits, maybe guave? orange blossom. complex and beautiful. toast with butter, biscuitty. reminds me of deanston. the sherry comes through but not overwhelmingly.

Taste

89 89

rather dry and nutty in the first place. loaded with spices, nutmeg and cardamon. then the sweetness comes through and your mouth starts to salivate niagara style. not a candy sweetness, more one of ripe fruits. do i get some fresh french oak here? i think so. some water and time gives it more deepness.

Finish

87 87

rather short and bit gingery. did not expect such a short finish after the nose and taste. still a decent whisky.
Derufus scored this whisky 86 points
30 Nov 2020 7:19 pm
Nose

85 85

Taste

87 87

Finish

85 85
Odinson scored this whisky 79 points
28 Nov 2020 8:14 pm
Nose

79 79

Taste

80 80

Finish

79 79
aksm_be scored this whisky 83 points
28 Nov 2020 8:45 am
Nose

82 82

Taste

84 84

Finish

84 84
dramidaris scored this whisky 85 points
27 Nov 2020 10:57 pm
Nose

85 85

Taste

86 86

Finish

85 85
Mapl scored this whisky 86 points
10 Oct 2020 6:08 pm
Nose

86 86

Taste

87 87

Finish

85 85
OlivierSegers scored this whisky 86 points
08 Jun 2020 10:30 pm
Nose

86 86

Taste

86 86

Finish

85 85

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