Glen Scotia 1991 14 Year old MMCD 46%
"Glen Scotia Murray Mc. David 91/05": Campbeltown, Cask: Bourbon, Marsanne, Roussanne
Glen Scotia, with Springbank and Glengyle are the only distilleries left in Cambpeltown an area historically strong in distilling. Its rather sad but the owners of Glen Scotia don’t really know what to do with it and it is rumored to be up for sale. The spirit is good but cask quality variable. If you put a good spirit in to poor wood you get a rubbish drink as I have noted below. This was bottled and finished in Marsanne and Roussanne wine casks after first maturation in bourbon wood.
Nose: fruity at first then an earthy chocolate note comes through. The wine maybe a top dressing but I can smell youngish spirit within.
The fruit vanishes after 2 minutes or so but is replace by winy notes.
Pallet: rather thin and to me austere with pungent spirit notes. rubber and a little chemical.
Finnish: bitter with vanilla and wood.
Comments: I suspect poor first maturation then a period to pep it up in the wine casks. Poor whisky this but drinkable and will mix nicely with ginger wine. I would expect more from the Bruichladdich boys.
Glen Scotia, with Springbank and Glengyle are the only distilleries left in Cambpeltown an area historically strong in distilling. Its rather sad but the owners of Glen Scotia don’t really know what to do with it and it is rumored to be up for sale. The spirit is good but cask quality variable. If you put a good spirit in to poor wood you get a rubbish drink as I have noted below. This was bottled and finished in Marsanne and Roussanne wine casks after first maturation in bourbon wood.
Nose: fruity at first then an earthy chocolate note comes through. The wine maybe a top dressing but I can smell youngish spirit within.
The fruit vanishes after 2 minutes or so but is replace by winy notes.
Pallet: rather thin and to me austere with pungent spirit notes. rubber and a little chemical.
Finnish: bitter with vanilla and wood.
Comments: I suspect poor first maturation then a period to pep it up in the wine casks. Poor whisky this but drinkable and will mix nicely with ginger wine. I would expect more from the Bruichladdich boys.
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