Nose: overripe oranges, sour cherries, orange peel, jasmine tea, a vinous fruit acid, which I would associate with the port. A very elegant vanilla and spicy bitter oak flavors are also to be found. The oak aromas remind me of sawdust of freshly cut wood, mixed with port wine with a good dose of mint. Furthermore, I associate chocolate and lots of nut flavors - walnut, nutmeg and roasted hazelnuts are the most likely to hit it. In short: very complex, elegant and old. The old port wine barrel is definitely felt and also flavors like tobacco, old leather couch and old bookshelves not missing. Taste: At the beginning very soft and very spicy. Toasted aromas, old leather couch, unburned cigar tobacco and nutmeg associations. After a few seconds comes a fairly dominant vinous tingling fruit acid of the port accompanied by vanilla. The fruit acid is reminiscent of plums, cherries and dark berries and remains present for a long time on the front tongue center. The finish is characterized by a combination of peppermint tea, about 60% chocolate and a Port-Remaining fruit, which remains really long presence. The finish is hardly really tart, I would have liked a little more oak bitter substances in the form of coffee, this one is more herbal tart. Overall but very soft, elegant and feels cool for a long time in the mouth. However, in my opinion, the drop could have a bit more alcohol content. But Conclusion: a really successful Glenglassaugh. Old, elegant with a very pleasant fruit acidity, which blends perfectly with the spicy flavors so sympathetic to me. The nose, and the taste are great cinema. Only the finish for me could have a bit more tart oak flavors. Otherwise very interesting and delicious!

Producer ́s Tasting Notes
Colour: Hints of Rose in a rich golden body.
Nose: Strawberry jam with a pepper spice fill an intriguing delicate coastal nose.
Palate: red fruit compote spiced with peppercorns and clove mellows to sour cherries.

Nice nose, creamy with red fruits, very balanced and pleasant, creamy in the mouth, sweet, light fruit acidity, raspberry, some wood, the fruit lasts long, pleasant, nice whisky, but a bit weak on the chest

07.04.2018 Stammtisch in Schifferstadt with Dennis

Color: light mahogany
Aroma: The first nose does not give much price, the malt is definitely still too cold. So the glass may first come in my Eisch glass with clock cover on temperature. After about half an hour, I release the lid and am amazed. This malt should really be 36 years ?? He surprises with an enormous freshness, fruit and a subtle mint note. A true potpourri of flavors, this malt now price, the longer I smell it the more aromas rise in my nose and my gray cells try to assign them. With the description of the distillery and Christian I go dakor, strawberry and wild raspberry after another 30 minutes I capture pineapple and gooseberries. Nuances of bitter almond and furniture polish I suppose, the flavors combine into a wonderful "nose". Alone of the smell runs me together in the mouth water. Taste: The first sip puts me on a nice balmy summer evening with birds singing, the scent of ripe fruit that blows from the garden and a gentle warm breeze surrounds me. The influence of the port can not be denied, dry but sweet starts the Glenglassaugh his game with the taste buds. A sweet mixture of berries, sweet sultanas and a light wood note settle on the tongue. On the next sip I also think to find the bitter almond again as well as some of my beloved home-cooked orange marmalade. All flavors combine to an absolute Taumhochzeit, my nose constantly sticks to the glass and is thrilled by the variety of flavors. Finish: Medium long finish with a great spicy touch. The sweet berries and the great port taste stay and seduce you to another sip.

From the official online shop: Tastingnotes:

Colour:
Dark, reddish amber

Nose:
First of all, an uncanny freshness strikes you. Mint and the clear air after a summer storm. But then it gets warmer, spicier.
Subtle roasted aromas that are reminiscent of slightly burnt popcorn.
Then discreetly and timidly the Portfass reports, finally, and proudly presents dry foxes and red berries. I smell my wild raspberries.

With every passing minute, this dram reveals more secrets, milk chocolate and the smell of freshly beaten, wet wood opening up. Shoe polish in the background.
This is all so round and soft, no alcohol that stings and no off-flavors.

Mouth:
For his 41.9% quite a respectable start, maybe it's just one, two percent more.
Dry port fills your mouth and the salivation begins.
Spicy and dust-dry is started, on your tongue, forest fruits fight for their sweet supremacy. I mean again to taste raspberries, but that is not so easy to recognize, because cranberries and raisins also announce their demands for attention.
In addition, there is a delicate orange note that completes everything great.
Some marzipan lays under the fruit and deep down there is some oak around, which points to the quite considerable age.
But not disturbing, but subtly in the background.

After that:
The finish is rather medium and leaves a dry, spicy Portsüsse.

Conclusion:
This malt is "round".
The 36 years have sanded all the corners and edges and he was babbled to the point.
But it's a malt you can spend a lot of time with. There is a tremendous variety of flavors that can offer you no young thing ..... I think that one or the other will discover something completely different in this drop.

A great whisky, which arrived at the end of his journey ....... in your glass.

© Christian Priess