Girvan Patent Still 25 Year Old
Nose: A warm
Nestle Caramac bar, vanilla fudge, Lyle’s golden syrup, a bowl of Kellogg’s Crunchy
Nut cornflakes, a toasted New York Bakery Co cinnamon and raisin bagel, an
Innocent mango and passion fruit smoothy, Twinings green lemon tea, ground pink
peppercorns and wondrous infused whiffs of orange oil and Airfix model glue.
Palate: Grilled
pineapple rings, mango pulp, dried apricots, zest from a Valencia orange, desiccated
coconut, Werther’s Original toffees, cinnamon baked apples, vanilla danish, creme
brulee, a slice of granary toast smeared in Rose’s lemon and lime marmalade,
wood spice and oodles of opulant oak.
Finish: A
feisty and spicy tropical temptress of a long lunging lingering finish.
Summary: It
has to be said that this is a gargantuanly glorious drop of grainage, and as
ever it’s always great to see grain whiskies in the spotlight and given the
attention they deserve. This is top end priced stuff at around £250 a bottle, but
despite its gloriousness its bang for buck ratio is somewhat debatable.
