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“The aroma was that of a creamy dessert called verrines, layers of melon and mango panna cotta separated from a topping of juicy diced fruit by a band of crunchy crushed…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 71.83 is a single cask of Glenburgie, in the Speyside region, 10 years old, bottled at 56.7%. Every Society bottle numbered 71.x is from Glenburgie.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Near Alves, between Elgin and Forres, Glenburgie traces its roots to 1810, when it went by the name Kilnflat. In the 1930s it was run by Margaret Nichol, thought to be the first woman to manage a whisky distillery. Rebuilt almost from scratch in 2004, it kept only its stills, and most of its fresh, fruity spirit goes into Ballantine's. Chivas Brothers (Pernod Ricard).