Glen Garioch 8 yo (43%, OB for Lemar Italy, 1970’s).
This batch is said to be much better than some other versions made for some other Italian importers.
Colour: dark straw.
Nose: beautiful smoke, getting resinous and waxy. Develops on old papers, good dust. It then gets rounder, with some praline and caramel, dried flowers, tea… Very delicate and subtle.
Mouth: rather bold and ‘wide’, with lots of refined peat, all sorts of smoke, developing on resins, crystallised angelica and earl grey tea (bergamot).
Finish: it is very long, subtle and supremely balanced.
