Glenburgie Glenlivet 5 Year Old . Bottled 1980's

Glenburgie 10 Year Old

I tasted my first Glenburgie, a 22 Year Old from Signatory, about a year ago. It did not rock me. But the pleasant bottling by Bert Bruyneel earlier this month took me by surprise. So, high time to try a few more Glenburgie. Let me start with this 10 Year Old from Gordon & Macphail, bottled in 2004. On the nose, it does remind me of the 9 Year...

Score 81/100

Glenburgie 26 Year Old 1983 Bladnoch Forum

The Bladnoch Forum likes to bottle single casks. Let me put to head to head, cask 9804 and 9803. This one is 26 years old, bottled in 2010. So it is a sister cask of the previous one, that was allowed to matured a little longer. I am curious. On the nose, it is even lighter and fresher that its one year younger sibling. White fruit, icing sugar...

Score 86/100

Glenburgie 12 Year Old 2002 Gordon & Macphail Reserve for Global Wineries

Global Wineries is a Belgian company specialized in the import of wines, since 1 januari 2004. They just bottled this whisky to celebrate their first ten years. It is a Glenburgie from the Gordon & Macphail stables, that I encountered at the Whisky Festival for Independent Bottlers. The nose starts off closed and needs a lot of time to give up...

Score 85/100

Glenburgie 13 Year Old 2008 Asta Morris

Crazy Bert has a soft spot for Glenburgie, one of the fingerprint malts in the well-known blend Ballantine's. That much is certain, because this is already the 6th he has selected (the 5th under the Asta Morris label, but there is also a very nice one bottled by Signatory for him). This 6th Glenburgie matured on a former sherry cask after...

Score 87/100