Glentauchers 11 Year Old 2007 SMWS Single Bourbon Cask 63.55 Tangy with a Touch of Sweetness Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2019) 70cl

1 of 191 bottles made

Glentauchers is not often seen outside of a bottle of Ballantine's but once it is matured in sherry, the results are phenomenal as we have now started to see more so.

TASTING NOTES FROM THE SMWS

We imagined walking through a fresh fruit market on a hot day with aromas of ripe peaches, pomelos, mangos and lychees. We needed refreshment so sat down at a bar in the market and ordered a spiced fruit smoothie. It was sweet and creamy with a gingery hit at first followed by turmeric and a slightly tart finish. After a drop of water we ordered chia honey lemon cake and banana, mango and peach sorbet and washed it all down with a glass of pink grapefruit flavoured water infused with ripe cantaloupe essence – tangy with a touch of sweetness

About Glentauchers

A substantial granite distillery (designed by Charles Doig) on the outskirts of Keith.

Glentauchers’ make has always gone into blends which lie on the lighter side of the flavour spectrum, initially Buchanan’s and Black & White, and these days Ballantine’s. Accordingly, the set up – long ferments, slow distillation – has always been one where flowers have been preferred to earthy weight.

Another member of the ‘1890s gang’, Glentauchers was established in 1898 by James Buchanan & Co. to provide fillings for its Buchanan’s and Black & White blends.

Experiments in ‘continuous pot still distillation’ were trialled here (and at Convalmore) at the start of the 20th century. This involved running a 100% barley mash through an adapted pot still. Production was upped considerably in 1966 when the number of stills increased from the original pair to half a dozen.

Glentauchers was one of the many distilleries which fell foul of the slump in demand in the early 1980s and was mothballed in 1985. It was, somewhat surprisingly at the time, snapped up by one of Diageo’s rivals, Allied Distillers, in 1989 [the Allied estate became part of Chivas Brothers in 2005] when it became a named component of Ballantine’s, although the firm didn’t restart production until 1992.

It is not commonly seen other than as a bottling from Gordon & MacPhail. However, in July 2017 Glentauchers was released as a 15-year-old single malt (alongside expressions from Glenburgie and Miltonduff) under the Ballantine’s brand.

59.8% ABV

70cl