Scotland, Campbeltown: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making, production and tasting notes
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Glengyle

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Glengyle

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The whisky

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List of the bottles

Glengyle official bottlings
 

Glengyle

Kilkerran "Work in progress"
Age
 5 years
Alcohol percentage
 46 %
Bottler
 Official
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links & average quote
 79/100
 
Quite a strong smell of yeast and some farmy notes characterise the first nose which slowly develops on peat and smoke hints. But the yeast dominates clearly, revealing a kind of immaturity.
In the palate, a mix of malt and peat but without exaggerated depth. The mouth is however pretty pleasant and hides a great potential for future releases.
The finish is of the same sort. Medium length dominated by discrete milk chocolate notes.
A promising whisky for the future bottlings.
79/100

 Comment by Johannes Sauer

Colour: Bright golden but not pale.
Nose: Refreshing young: green fruits (unripe plums) together with good, solid oak. Flowery meadows in springtime after a rain shower. Hints of charcoal and soft smoke combined with few oily whiffs and a nice lemon zest. A really lovely and promising nose.
Taste: It’s a rather powerful and also very subtle entrance, the oak still a bit on the heavy side (sawdust), but also oriental spices and fine herbs (Lavender, waldmeister, Angostura) and freshly ground white pepper. Very delicate notes of sea salt.
Finish: The finish is rather long for a whisky so young (4-5 years they say?), there are salty seeweeds adding a very fine touch to the wood. Also a soft and pleasureful conclusion in soft white sugar notes combined with delicate bitter herbs.
Conc.: A great spirit and a very good start for the 3rd Cambeltown destillery. Congratulations, there should be more fine bottles to follow.
18/20
Tasting date: 2009-07-30
Price in Germany: 39,90
84/100

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