Glengoyne 1972

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 65 by Dave Broom and Martine Nouet.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Fresh, sweet and quite light with cream, coconut, baked banana. Water brings out clover honey, jasmine, cucumber and very light ginger. Palate Sweet and light. Very clean and lifted with enough going on in the centre to give it good balance and feel. Finish Minty. Comment Amazingly fresh for such an oldie. Much prefer this style of Glengoyne to the sherried monsters which tend to drown the distillery character.

Martine Nouet Nose Perfumy. Starts with cereal notes entwined with fruit and oak. Barley sugar, peardrop, gooseberry, polished floor. Then herbal notes break through. Linden tree. Palate Good velvety feel stiffened by grippy oak. Finish Dry, spicy, oaky. Comment The nose promised smoothness, the palate delivered dry oakiness. Water cuts the edges but enhances bitterness and spices.