Glenburgie 35 Years Old 1988/2024 Hogshead The Whisky Agency (TWA) 42.6% 700ml

Details：

Distillery: Glenburgie

Bottler: The Whisky Agency (TWA)

Bottling serie: Blocks 15th Anniversary

Vintage: 1988

Bottled: 2024

Stated Age: 35 Years Old

Casktype: Hogshead

Casknumber: /

Number of bottles: 236

Strength: 42.6%

Size: 700ml

Tasting notes：

Nose:  Wonderful waxy notes up front. Paraffin and clay, with hints of hay and waxed papers. Then some mossy notes and old cloth, hints of natural vanilla and yellow apples. Apricot and pineapple in the distance? Hints of mead and whiffs of herbal tea. Back to linseed oil and walnuts after a while. Really beautiful – I could nose this for hours.

Palate: Still an ‘old’ profile that is hard to pin down. A really fatty texture, with beeswax and some leathery notes. More dried herbs, as well as a drop of quinina which adds a bittersweet touch. Orange peels, grapefruits, maybe some ripe melon as well. At some point it reminded me of very old blends, with a malty core and nicely intergrated oaky notes. Overall rather subtle but special.

Finish: Quite long, with returning hints of hay, grassy tea and a hint of chalk.