Distiller Notes
2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Gold Medal Winner.
Deep peaty-gold. The nose is complex, oaky, with apples, pears and a tempting dark toffee sweetness. The palate is dry and assertive. It develops quickly to reveal a rich spiciness, combined with a hint of oak and sherried fruit. The finish is amazingly smooth for the strength, wonderfully warming with a lingering spiciness, yet very rounded.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This Scotch is named for the proof (105) of a bottle that Chairman John Grant's father, George S. Grant, bottled in 1968 as a Christmas gift for family and friends. Nut-colored, it has a markedly bold toffee aroma and lots of flavor and drama. Hazelnut, espresso and cocoa flavors linger, with hints of allspice and drying oak tannins. Though it needs more than a splash of water to arrive at a nuanced sippability, don't hold that against this almost Bourbon-like beauty.
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Whisky Advocate
Sweet scents of Boston cream pie, citrus, and fresh forest, growing more fragrant as the liquid rests in the glass. On the palate, the citrus sweetens to baked orange tart and lemon meringue pie, with underpinnings of chocolate malt, raisins, and pepper spice. The mouthfeel is creamy and concentrated, and the finish is like a rich, full, spiced chocolate dessert. Water enhances things, bringing out more spice and chocolate.
“A good gulp of hot Scotch Whisky at bedtime–it’s not very scientific, but it helps!”
Alexander Fleming, Scottish inventor of penicillin, prescribed it as a cure for the common cold. Today Single Malt Scotch Whiskies are prized by enthusiasts and aficionados the world over for their rarity, age and complexity. By definition these must be produced in Scotland from a single distillery and made entirely from malted barley, using a pot still. The appearance, aroma and flavor of a Single Malt Scotch Whisky can vary widely depending on whether it was produced in the Highlands, Lowlands Islands, Speyside, Islay or Campbelltown regions.