Càrn Mòr Celebration of the Cask Glen Grant 24 Year Old 1997 Bourbon Barrel 51.4% ABV

Glen Grant 24 Year Old 1997 comes from Càrn Mòr's Celebration of the Cask series, the single-cask, cask-strength range of the family-owned independent bottler Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers. It was distilled at Glen Grant in Rothes, Speyside, in July 1997 and spent 24 years in a single ex-bourbon barrel, cask 95650, before being bottled in May 2022 at a natural cask strength of 51.4% ABV. The barrel yielded just 197 numbered bottles, presented non-chill filtered and without added colour in a 700ml bottle. Long ageing has layered tropical fruit, ginger and honeyed richness over the distillery's fresh, apple-led character.

Tasting Notes: Tropical fruit, gingerbread, citrus, heather honey and nuts.

Nose: Tropical fruit, gingerbread and citrus, with flowering heather and nutty aromas.

Palate: Tropical fruit and heather honey, with nuts and ripe red fruit.

Finish: Warming, with ginger and sticky toffee pudding.

Serve: Neat in a nosing glass; add a few drops of water to open it up.