Glenglassaugh 50 Year Old has arrived at Loch Fyne Whiskies – Scotch Whisky News
Glenglassaugh’s oldest release in their history, surviving its slumber all through the years of distillery closure and revival!
This is an extremely special and rare whisky aged for half-a-century and limited to 264 bottles at a strength of 40.1% abv. The elegant finish in Andalucían Pedro Ximénez casks adds a deep fruit and spiced oak complexity of fig and blackberry paired with a seductive sweetness on the palate of caramelised pear, cherries and almonds. The experience finishes up with refined oak, tropical notes and a gentle coastal breeze. If you’re looking for a spectacular whisky of a great age then look no further!
Nose: blackberry, figs.
Palate: caramelised pear, almonds, refined oak, cherries.
Finish: oak, tropical notes, ocean breeze salinity.
It’s not every day you get to announce a 50 year old single malt, never mind one of the rarest expressions to ever arrive from the distillery. This Glengassaugh is exactly that. Only 264 bottles have been made, and it has been bottled at 40.1% abv. The expression has spent 50 years maturing in the distillery’s warehouses and has even survived the distillery closing down!
Thankfully its rest was undisturbed, and it got its due reward by being finished in none other than Pedro Ximénez sherry casks from Andalucía, Spain. Now that’s what we call ending with a flourish! A special whisky from one of the most outstanding Highland distilleries, each bottle of this will have world-wide attention put toward it.
