Glenburgie 11 Year Old 1999 Provenance Douglas Laing

Glenburgie 23 Year Old 1989 Chester Whisky

A new independent bottler has risen. The Chester Whisky & Liqueur Company Ltd has its HQ in Chester, about 20 kilometres south of Liverpool on the English westcoast. In 2012 they released their first three bottlings: a Clynelish 1997, a Teaninich 1982 and this Glenburgie 1989. Hey! Waxy nose with only a little fruit, but immediately mineraly....

Score 85/100

Glenburgie 12 Year Old 2002 Gordon & Macphail Reserve for Global Wineries

Global Wineries is a Belgian company specialized in the import of wines, since 1 januari 2004. They just bottled this whisky to celebrate their first ten years. It is a Glenburgie from the Gordon & Macphail stables, that I encountered at the Whisky Festival for Independent Bottlers. The nose starts off closed and needs a lot of time to give up...

Score 85/100

Glenburgie 22 Year Old 1995 Malts of Scotland

The German Malts of Scotland bottled its first Glenburgie in 2017. They went ahead and bottled two casks: a bourbon hogshead from 1995 and a sherry hogshead from 2008. I will try the oldest of the two, botted at a cask strength of 51.2% ABV. Ooh, this is a good nose. I get peach, pear, orange peel, banana and quite some floral touches. It is spicy...

Score 87/100

Glenburgie G&M 10YO

The nose is floral with a hint of peaches. However there is an underlying suggestion of what I can only think of as dust. Hmmm, different but not sure it will catch on. The palate is initially quite pleasant - lightly sweet with caramel. But then it all goes horribly wrong. It leaves a very bitter taste with a finish that descends into notes of...

Score 55/100