Sold outAug 2023In short · Glenburgie (Speyside), 13 years.
“Initially elusive, the nose suggested grassy notes or new pencils in a tin box – then more character emerged, with jam tarts, caramel wafers and rum-flambéed banana with…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 71.97 is a single cask of Glenburgie, in the Speyside region, 13 years old, bottled at 59.2%, released in the Aug 2023 Outturn. 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).