| #335 Glen Ord 30 YO Single Malt Scotch (Northern Highands) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| This cost is what I found the likely shelf price for a 750ml bottle to be, based on an average of costs throughout the USA. Your price may differ significantly. This is not an advertisement of sale, this bottle is likely empty by now anyway Cost | $22500 |  | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bottler | Official Bottling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The whisky's score as weighed against the cost of a bottle. Adj. Score | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ABV | 60% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tasting # 366: CT10: Glen Ord is now my Oldest Whisky Ever. (24-JUN-2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |  Yeah, I just did a 29 year old and now here's a 30. This was a huge surprise, a 30 year old from a distillery I've barely heard of. How do you beat that? By making it one of the best whiskies I've ever tasted, that's how. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Impression | Great bottle. Etched glass and very stately. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Smell | Dry barley flour and hummus, there's a touch of flavor just on the edge of citrus and vanilla. Some oak, very light, very soft. Wonderful stuff. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taste | The front is remarkable. This is what Highland whiskies dream of being. Opens with just the lightest, smoothest barley flour and oak with a depth of nutty warmth that made me pause. Oh that I had a bottle of this. A case of this. A barrel of this. Very clean and subtle, the grains and wood build in ways that I wish I had words for. Elegant. Top of oatmeal and honey with salt and a warm depth that nears that of peaty Islays but built of the smoke from dying charcoal and oatmeal cookies. Fade is wonderful, finish is a spectrum of fresh barley, toasted almonds and sea salt. Amazing. 93. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tasting Score | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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