Glengoyne 12, 43% abv.

Interestingly a mix of  first-fill sherry, refill sherry, and first-fill bourbon hogsheads.

Nose: sharp, a weak combination of white grapes and wood, but the white grapes are more noticeable. Seems to last.

Palate: light, initial palate is white grape juice
mid palate has some smoke and wood, bitter,
back palate has a burnt toast flavor. A little vegetative overall. Later on its mostly young tofu and burnt bread.

Finish: short, residue from the pseudo-sap from small short tree branches.

Funny thing is the bottle says its matured or finished in sherry casks, but I seriously couldn't tell. Either 12 years is not enough, those sherry casks were end of life, my tongue has been too accustomed to real sherry bombs, or I can't feel sherry casks... or perhaps all of the above. The juice is not bad though, hovers around wood and burnt toast, with a short finish. Wonder what the older, more mature bottlings are like.

Grade: C

Whiskyanalysis.com, 8.54 ± 0.34 on 12 reviews
Whiskyfun.com, Serge Valentin, 2012 bottle, sgp:441, 84 points
Whiskynotes, Ruben Luyten, 82/100
Ralfy, 86/100

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