Glen Grant 10 Years Old square bottle, short neck, white screw cap Late 70's 43% NV

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Serge Valentin (86)

Colour: gold. Nose: quite an old bottle effect, with lots of tea and camphor, a little cardboard, slight oxidation. Gets then very meaty (smoked ham), with overripe apples and quite some peat as well a just a little soap (high quality soap, of course). Smoky soap? Truly nice even if it gets a little too tea-ish.

Mouth: rather bold now, nervous at such old bottle age. Tea and pepper, getting very dry but not very woody. Quite some chlorophyll, bitter caramel, bread crust, getting more and more toasted and smoky. Not bad at all despite the rather invading old bottle effect. The finish isn’t too long but nicely toasted, roasted, with lots of praline… In short, a very nice old Glen Grant, quite complex and definitely worth the try.