Description

Glen Garioch 2011 Aged 12 Years Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Small Batch Edition #14 Signatory Vintage (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 48.2%           Age: 12 Years Old       Country: Scotland

Cask Number: Batch #14
Date of Distilling: 2011
Date of Bottling: 2024
Matured In: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrels
Un-Chillfiltered

One of the oldest operating distilleries in Scotland – and its most easterly – Glen Garioch (pronounced Geery in the ancient Doric dialect still spoken in these parts) has been making its mighty malt in the quaint and historic market town of Oldmeldrum, near Aberdeen in North East Scotland, ever since 1797. Shielded from the world’s prying eyes, deep in the fertile ‘Granary of Aberdeenshire’, and only ever produced in small, precious batches, Glen Garioch is a rare find indeed, but warmly appreciated by those who like a hearty Highland malt, non chill-filtered as nature intended, with a wholesome maltiness, honeyed sweetness and delicious creamy texture to savour.

Signatory Vintage are an independent bottler founded in 1988 by Andrew and Brian Symington. The name ‘Signatory’ was derived from the initial intention to find a person of suitable standing to sign the labels for bottles drawn from a single cask. The first cask bottled was a 1968 Glenlivet which quickly sold through long before any suitable signee could be found. Signatory currently bottle at three strengths: 43%, 46% Unchillfiltered (UCF) and Cask Strength.To add proof of authenticity to their cask strength bottlings, Signatory always include the cask numbers, date of distillation, date of bottling and number of bottles produced.Signatory Vintage’s aim is to offer as wide a range of whiskies as possible, some of which are not even bottled by the proprietary distillery. This allows malt enthusiast to sample the huge variety of subtle differences which occur between casks.

A superb release from independent bottler Signatory Vintage. This twelve-year-old Glen Garioch single malt was aged in a single first-fill bourbon butt from 2011 until 2024. Bottled at 48.2% alc/vol as part of the Small Batch Series. This Highland malt is one to savour

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Freshly cut oranges, honey sweetness, fragrant fresh barley notes, wafts of an old sweeties shop and hints of tropical fruits, coconut and vanilla.

Palate: Terrys’ Chocolate Orange, toasted almonds and creamy vanilla fudge, hints of coconut.

Finish: Long and rich, sweet malted barley, Manuka honey, ripe oranges and dark chocolate, lingering