Glen Garioch 12 year old Single Highland Malt Whisky 48%

Glen Garioch 12 Year Single Highland Malt Whisky 48%Glen Garioch The 12 Year is matured in a mixture of bourbon casks and exquisite sherry casks. A beautifully balanced whisky with great flavor, which is further enhanced by the high bottling strength: 48%. On the nose, you'll find a sweet aroma of peaches, pineapple, vanilla and malt. The tasting notes of this dram: Big body, lots of fresh fruit, fudge, spices and dry oak notes on the finish. Distillery: Glen Garioch Age: 12 years Type: Single Highland Malt Whisky Un-chillfiltered Alc. strength: 48 % 70 cl. Other:

Glen Garioch 12 Year Old 70cl / 48% Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling Introduced to Glen Garioch's standard range in late 2010 this 12yo is a mix of ex-Bourbon and sherry casks and, like the other distillery bottlings since the revamp, has been bottled at a feisty 48%. One of Scotland's oldestGlen Garioch (pronounced glen-geery) was founded in 1797 by Thomas Simpson. This makes it one of Scotland's oldest whisky distilleries that is still in operation. Glenturret is the oldest having been opened in 1775. The original name was Glengarioch (the Garioch is a fertile strip of local farmland that is well known for producing top quality barley) before changing to Glen Garioch in the 1930s. It is located in Oldmeldrum, a small town in the Highlands, which is close to Aberdeen. The The distillery is Scotland's most easterly and has an annual production capacity of approximately one million liters. New expressionsGlen Garioch is currently owned by Morrison Bowmore, which is a subsidiary of the Japanese company Suntory. They took control in 1994 and one year later, they decided to mothball the distillery (mothballing is the process where a distillery is closed but all the equipment remains intact and ready to go again, when required). Until this point, Glen Garioch had produced a lightly peated style of whisky but when it was reopened in 1997, Suntory decided to stop this practice and go for a non peaty style. The range of whisky is small and has just been completely revamped.