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$153
A 16 year old Glenburgie from James Eadie, 2009, at 52.5%. Fresh and fruity, all green apple and a creamy honey. Now one of the larger Speyside distilleries, with six stills. Long the fruity heart of the Ballantine’s blend. Rebuilt in 1881 by the great distillery architect Charles Chree Doig. This is a fruity Speyside malt rarely seen on its own.
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James Eadie bottled this Glenburgie, a 16 year old, distilled in 2009, at 52.5%, one of 417 bottles. Glenburgie is a Speyside single malt made near Alves in Moray, east of Forres. It was rebuilt in 1881 by Charles Chree Doig, the architect behind so many Speyside stillhouses. Its water is drawn from a local spring near the distillery.
It was distilled in tall onion shaped pot stills, for a soft, fruity spirit with a waxy thread. An ex-Bourbon barrel shaped it, vanillin and a soft coconut under the malt. Into oxidative maturity, slow air builds ripe esters of apple and a light tropical note over a waxy depth. The spirit deepens with time, the cask drawing out a soft beeswax. Built for the blender's art, the make ages with quiet grace as a single malt. Maturation runs slow and even in the cool Speyside warehouses. A soft waxiness from the spirit carries a thread through the maturation.
Bottled at a cask strength 52.5%, it is concentrated. Apple, pear and a soft honey, with a gentle oak sweetness. Pear, grass and a creamy oak fill the middle. The finish runs delicate, fruity and waxy. This is a fragrant Speyside single malt of real lightness.
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