Glen Moray 11 Years Old 2008 Cask #26 (Anam na h-Alba)

The Soul of Scotland

700ml / 54.7%

Single Malt

$114

An 11 year old Glen Moray from the bottler Anam na h-Alba, 2008, at 54.7%. Green apple, vanilla and a soft honey run through it. One of Speyside’s best loved and best value malts. Most of its make matures in American oak before any cask finish. A pioneer of wine cask finishing, working with Chardonnay casks in the 1990s. This is the easy, fruity malt of Elgin.

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SKU GMY097 Categories Glen Moray, Scottish Whisky, Speyside, Whiskey Brand: Glen Moray

Description

This Glen Moray was bottled by Anam na h-Alba, an 11 year old, distilled in 2008, from cask 26, bottled at 54.7%, one of 312 bottles. Glen Moray is a Speyside single malt from Elgin, known for its light, fruity and accessible style. It has been owned since 2008 by the French house La Martiniquaise.

Distilled light and fruity in the Glen Moray style, giving a clean, sweet Speyside spirit. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, a soft vanilla beneath the orchard fruit. Through integration spirit and wood marry, vanillin settling into a rounded vanilla as ethyl esters lend a riper apple and pear. A gentle maturation suits the light make, the orchard fruit growing richer with time. The light spirit suits a wide range of cask finishes, from sherry to rum. The clean, fruity spirit shows the cask clearly, vanilla and fruit to the fore. It was a pioneer of wine cask finishing, working with Chardonnay casks back in the 1990s.

At a hearty 54.7% it carries real weight. A clean, fruity sweetness, with a soft vanilla from the oak. A baked apple and a gentle spice lift it. The finish is rounded, fruity and clean. This is Glen Moray's clean, accessible Speyside style.