Glentauchers 30 yo 1996 (47,5%, Sansibar '15th Anniversary' 2026, first-fill bourbon barrel #4255, 147 btl.) Nose: fruitier than the Clynelish, with juicy nectarine, stewed berries and pears, along with greengage jam, dried flower petals and honeyed notes. They have been on our radar since 2013 or so, first with the grey / gold labels, then Samurai releases, Highland clans and many more.
Glentauchers 30 yo 1996 (47,5%, Sansibar '15th Anniversary' 2026, first-fill bourbon barrel #4255, 147 btl.) Nose: fruitier than the Clynelish, with juicy nectarine, stewed berries and pears, along with...
They have been on our radar since 2013 or so, first with the grey / gold labels, then Samurai releases, Highland clans and many more.
Clynelish 1993 and Glentauchers 1996, and then some 20+ year old Bowmore and Tamdhu.
They have been on our radar since 2013 or so, first with the grey / gold labels, then Samurai releases, Highland clans and many more. Clynelish 1993 and Glentauchers 1996, and then some 20+ year old Bowmore and Tamdhu. Clynelish 32 yo 1993 (47,2%, Sansibar '15th Anniversary' 2026, first-fill bourbon barrel #11097, 131 btl.) Nose: everything we hoped for.
Glentauchers 30 yo 1996 (47,5%, Sansibar '15th Anniversary' 2026, first-fill bourbon barrel #4255, 147 btl.) Nose: fruitier than the Clynelish, with juicy nectarine, stewed berries and pears, along with greengage jam, dried flower petals and honeyed notes. Hints of walnuts, waxes, with herbal notes that evolve towards cough medicine. Finish: long, now more on drying leathery notes and dried herbs, along with some citrus, pine needles and mint.
It looks like they've kept aside some nice casks for this celebration: Later also roots, sunflower oil and dried herbs. Underneath we find red apples, light papaya and sweet tangerines.
We're looking at a few samples from Asian independent bottlers again. We're seeing Shinanoya, Lucky Choice, Kanpaikai and Mateo Art in different collabs. Two of the whiskies are from Ardbeg distillery, disclosed and undisclosed.
It seems that The Whisky Agency has worked on an extensive series of 'friends' bottlings. A lot of them are celebrating anniversaries as well, like The Nectar, Sansibar, Whisky Agents...I have a dozen samples waiting and I decided to go for Bowmore first. Three Bowmores from the same era, with similar ABV's.
The Glendronach House Editions is a series of whiskies exclusive to travel retail. The compositions are inspired by European cities. Each of them starts from their signature Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez casks, with one additional type specific to each bottling. There's also an increasing ABV across the range: GlenDronach
I visited the Whisky Jury movie studios offices the other day (really, check out their Youtube channel) where I was introduced to the latest releases. Rums and armagnacs will get the spotlight later, first we're focusing on a few single malt whiskies, including two Ben Nevis bottlings and two very old Speysiders.
This is the third and last installment of the Zodiac series which was started in February 2026 by The Whisky Exchange. We'll be trying a Macduff, a Campbeltown blended malt and two pitch-dark sherry bombs from an undisclosed Speyside distillery and Bunnahabhain. The series now contains 12 bottlings, mostly middle-aged
We'll have the latest Maltbarn releases in one go, starting with a Blended Malt 1993 from a sherry cask. The other four whiskies are single malts with a clearly lighter colour.
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