Glen Keith 23 Years Old 1993 Art Nouveau Ladies (The Whisky Agency)

A 23 year old Glen Keith from the German bottler The Whisky Agency, distilled in 1993, bottled at 48.6%, one of 140 bottles. Glen Keith is a fruity Speyside single malt from the Chivas stable at Keith. It was mothballed in 1999 and revived by Pernod Ricard in 2013 after a full refit.

The spirit was distilled from unpeated malt in tall, narrowing stills, building the fresh Glen Keith style. Maturation came in ex-Bourbon wood, the oak quiet behind the light spirit. At this evaporative stage ellagitannins lend a drying structure while oxidation builds a richer, tropical fruit. Built for the blender's art, the spirit ages with grace as a single malt. It ran triple distillation from the start, switching to double distillation by the 1980s. Its first permanent single malt was released in 2017, the Distillery Edition. It was Seagram's experimental plant, and still houses the Chivas Brothers lab.

At its natural 48.6% it is concentrated. Apple, pear and a soft vanilla, with a soft vanilla from the oak. The texture is light and clean, the fruit lifted by vanilla. The finish runs light, fruity and clean. This is a light Speyside single malt from the town of Keith.