Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Glenburgie 29 Year Old 1990 Refill Sherry Butt Cask 9027801

Glenburgie 29 Year Old 1990 Refill Sherry Butt Cask 9027801 is a single cask Speyside single malt from the Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength series. Distilled in 1990, it matured for 29 years in a single refill sherry butt and was bottled on 21 August 2020 at 52.0% ABV. Batch 20/051 yielded 422 bottles of 700 ml, non-chill filtered and at natural colour, presented in a wooden box. Gordon & MacPhail describe a mahogany-coloured whisky with deep stone fruit, chocolate and nutty sherry character.

Tasting Notes: Plum, cherry, hazelnut, cinnamon, dark chocolate, orange, toffee.

Nose: Stewed plum and Morello cherry, toasted hazelnut, cinnamon and soft dark chocolate with a hint of polish.

Palate: Black pepper, then Seville orange and dried banana, with treacle toffee and Brazil nut.

Finish: Rich orange with subtle spice.

Serve: Neat, with time in the glass.