Glentauchers 2008/2024 tasting notes
Jun. 7th, 2025 06:02 pmGlentauchers 16YO Duncan Taylor Exclusively for K&L Wines 75cl 54.5% ABV
Faultline range
Distilled July 17, 2008; bottled July 29, 2024
Cask type: Hogshead
96 bottles

Color: golden.
Nose: fresh and baked apples, cinnamon, wax, Kurabiye cookies, pears, celery stalk, powdered sugar, clove, meadow herbs, chocolate, heather, hay, allspice, vanilla ice cream, oranges, wrapping paper, tobacco, and even a touch of peat.
Taste: apples, honey, lemons, pears, cinnamon, a hint of pepper, salt, lingonberries, peaches, malt, apricots. Incredibly fruity. Never comes off too sweet, which I absolutely love. Smooth, effortlessly drinkable.
Finish: lemons, honey, salt, chocolate, cinnamon, pears, more pronounced pepper, apples, cranberries. Echoes the palate, though not as convincingly.
Score: 8 ¾. Better than good. +2+2+1.
Conclusion: not sweet at all. Wonderfully drinkable Speyside malt, matured in a bourbon cask that lost 70% of its spirit to evaporation. Wow, I'm impressed. So glad I grabbed one of the last bottles remaining at K&L Wines. I had misread "creamiest" in their description as "sweetest" and almost skipped this malt. 88/100.
Faultline range
Distilled July 17, 2008; bottled July 29, 2024
Cask type: Hogshead
96 bottles

Color: golden.
Nose: fresh and baked apples, cinnamon, wax, Kurabiye cookies, pears, celery stalk, powdered sugar, clove, meadow herbs, chocolate, heather, hay, allspice, vanilla ice cream, oranges, wrapping paper, tobacco, and even a touch of peat.
Taste: apples, honey, lemons, pears, cinnamon, a hint of pepper, salt, lingonberries, peaches, malt, apricots. Incredibly fruity. Never comes off too sweet, which I absolutely love. Smooth, effortlessly drinkable.
Finish: lemons, honey, salt, chocolate, cinnamon, pears, more pronounced pepper, apples, cranberries. Echoes the palate, though not as convincingly.
Score: 8 ¾. Better than good. +2+2+1.
Conclusion: not sweet at all. Wonderfully drinkable Speyside malt, matured in a bourbon cask that lost 70% of its spirit to evaporation. Wow, I'm impressed. So glad I grabbed one of the last bottles remaining at K&L Wines. I had misread "creamiest" in their description as "sweetest" and almost skipped this malt. 88/100.