Glen Moray Elgin Classic Port Cask Finish

31,89

I have to concur with the reviewer beneath me--three stars feels too low here, but four stars feels too high. For the price, though, I actually quite like this whisky, and there are tantalizing hints here of something truly great: an elusive hint of blueberry on a bed of almonds is the note that I keep searching for, but only rarely pokes its head out. When it does hit, though: glorious. Beautiful. Hints of berries and orchard fruits in the nose, barley sugar. Fruits in cream, green apple, slight sweet vanilla. Faint smoke on the taste (or so I'd swear, anyway, though I always thought Glen Moray was unpeated). More apples of all kinds--red and green and crab--and a surprisingly lovely creaminess. Sweet, nutty, slightly vinous. Shockingly full and mouth-coating given the low ABV, but (the below reviewer is correct) quite a surprising amount of heat as well. Some tongue-numbing white pepper, certainly, and a slightly off bile-ish character on the finish, with some lemon rind and soggy wood. Slight yeast or dough as well. For a $40, 40%, non-age stated bottle from an also-ran distiller, though, I'm honestly super impressed (slap an age statement on it, and give it craft presentation, and this could go toe-to-toe with some of the big names in scotch, frankly). I'll definitely be investigating the rest of the Glen Moray line-up.