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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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September 29, 2017 |
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Three new Glen Spey by two indies |
It’s a crying shame that no one seems to care about names such as Glen Spey… Until someone such as Billy Walker buys the distillery and propels it to stardom, which might happen soon with Glenallachie. But indeed, this is Glen Spey, a.k.a. Glen Grass within some circles. We’ll only have three of them, let’s not exaggerate! |
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Glen Spey 2007/2017 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseur’s Choice)  Indeed, a brand new one. Colour: straw. Nose: not quite grass this time, rather a certain sucrosity that mingles with some fresh mint and perhaps one drop of cough syrup. After that, it’s all apple juice and barley water. Fine, easy, unassuming, uncomplicated. Mouth: very good fruits, around greengages and gooseberries (both nicely ripened), then apple pie and compote, orange cake, and a handful of raisins. Not one of those malt whiskies you’ll remember forever (such as… wait… the name escapes me)… but it sure is fine. Tends to become grassier, which is very Glen Spey in my book (as we’ve said before). Finish: medium, sweet and rather liquoricy. A little lemon, always great in any finish. Some grass too. Comments: these ones reek of honesty – and they’re good. SGP:451 - 81 points. |
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Glen Spey-Glenlivet 15 yo 2001/2017 (46%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, bourbon hogshead, 720 bottles) From two casks, this little one. Colour: white wine. Nose: a little tenser than the GM, with rather more acidic fruits, and consequently, less roundness. Apples, whiffs of beach sand, and a pack of wine gums (the green and yellow flavours, naturally). Then a little humus, fresh white mushrooms… Mouth: hits you a bit, with lemons and lemons, becoming more and more acidic, with our beloved rhubarb and certainly some grapefruit peel. Icing sugar. Finish: rather long, really very lemony, zestier than the zestier… oh well, the zestier lemons. Comments: there’s something spectacular to this one, something a little difficult too. For lemon lovers. SGP:461 - 80 points. |
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Glen Spey-Glenlivet 15 yo 2001/2017 (56.4%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 288 bottles)  Colour: white wine. Nose: similar, of course, but rather rounder and more on fresh nuts. Fresh almonds, fresh hazelnuts, fresh walnuts… This is a lovely feeling. I’m also finding a little plasticine, and a little fresh mint. It’s probably the most elegant of them all, so far. With water: salty sparkling water, ginger tonic, green walnuts, green oranges. Hermès are having something similar, it’s just much more expensive ;-). Mouth (neat): back to full-lemon mode. Plus grapefruits, plus grass, plus our good friend the rhubarb. Shall we call this one ‘Sancerre-y?’ How about a Glen Spey white-Sancerre-wood-finish? With water: a wee tad rounder. Don’t I find pineapples in the back? Finish: rather long, sharp, zesty, lemony. Grassier aftertaste. Comments: one of my favourite Glen Speys. Some kind of blade… SGP:561 - 85 points. |
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