Glenturret 1976

Glenturret 12 Year Old (Maiden release)

This review is from my bottle which is around 2/3 full and been open 3 weeks. I paid £65 online in the UK for the bottle (the Tamdhu 15 retails at around £75 in the UK) Nose Again an unmistakable Sherry Bomb nose. Dried fruits, custard, slightly peppery, some oranges and some red apples. A very slight wet straw note appears on the nose with the...

Score 88/100

Glenturret Peated Edition

The days that peated whisky was solely produced on Islay are long gone (actually, they never existed). Quite a few distilleries like to experiment with pated malt, including Glenturret. This is their Peated Edition, of which the production is normally destined to go into their blend Black Grouse, but is now presented as single malt. Wonderfully...

Score 82/100

Glenturret Triple Wood / European Edition

Glenturret is not the most famous of Highland distilleries, while it is one of the oldest, founded in 1775. But I’m sure you’ve heard of the Famous Grouse before, which has its spiritual home here. In 2015 Glenturret also jumped on the NAS-bandwagon and released three new expressions: Triple Wood, Sherry Cask and Peated. I will try all three,...

Score 80/100

Glenturret 1977/2012 Maltbarn

Even though it can boast the title of being the oldest surviving distillery in Scotland, Glenturret has a slandered reputation with whisky enhusiasts. To most it is nowadays little more than a Potemkin distillery, serving as a tourist forefront to promote the Famous Grouse blend. Just an opinion by posh connoisseurs, or has this distillery truly...

Score 90/100