Rare Malts Glenury Royal 28 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 5 by Michael Jackson and Jim Murray.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Nutty, almondy, oloroso sherry. Palate Very firm, rounded. Honey, lemons, pistachio nuts, angelica, garden mint. Finish Like biting into a green leaf. Tree-bark woodiness. Cinnamon. Fragrant. Long. Comment An elegant middleweight after the oak-fisted heavyweight 23 Years Old in the same series.

Jim Murray Nose Fresh and briny, younger than its great age. A delicate hint of sherry adds extra weight, as does a wisp of smoke. Palate Fat and fabulously textured: acacia honey and fruity maltiness. A subtle peatiness adds an extra, unexpected dimension. Finish Enormously long and increasingly spicy. Great complexity of vanilla, peat and enormous malt richness. Comment Unquestionably the finest Glenury I have tasted in 20 years and extraordinary for its age. Among the best low-peated Rare Malt bottlings of all time.