Glen Ord 11 Year Old 1999 Provenance Douglas Laing

Glen Ord 15 Year Old 1996 Malts of Scotland

It has been a while since I tasted some Glen Ord, so this week, I’ll be trying a few. I’m starting off with a 15 Year Old from Malts of Scotland. This is a very pale Glen Ord from a bourbon hogshead that yielded 310 bottles. The nose starts on grassy notes, but soon develops some nice aromas of young apples and hard pears, as well as a touch of...

Score 81/100

Glen Ord SMWS 77.24 "Mouth-numbing hand bags"

Nose: Floral and almost lightly grapy. It reminds me rather of a very young and light cognac. Butter salted caramel. Malt and pepper! Dusty and floury, too, along with vanilla frosting. Pralines! I like pralines (and turtles). A nice save there. This is nice. (with water) More on the powdered sugar notes. Palate: A bit rough and oak-forward. There...

Score 81/100

Glen Ord 12 Year Old 75cl

This Glen Ord has been discontinued for a long time and therefor has become pretty expensive. Around 130 EUR in fact. And let’s be honest, after reading these tasting notes you’ll agree that it is not worth it by far. Innocent nose on orange juice, butterscotch and freshly cut pineapple. Some wood shavings and freshly cut grass. For a second it...

Score 81/100

Glen Ord 30 Year Old

gift sample from a friend Nose: Oh man, this is the sort of thing that I go for. It starts very waxy with a bit of clean, light honey. Lemon zest, quince, mirabelle jam. Some wood and vanilla. A few high-pitch floral notes and nuts, reminding me somewhat of a Folle Blanche cognac in its youth. This is elegance in a bottle. Very light chocolate...

Score 95/100