Douglas Laing Old Particular Glenburgie 2007 (12 year old) 48.4%
Refill Bourbon Hogshead/ Code: OLD0844/ DL13706
Dist: Feb 2007 Btl: Nov 2019/ Tasted: Feb 2020
A heavy, oily, waxy, lanolin laden nose with hints of cereal, vanilla and earth.
The palate is dense, oily, waxy and malty with cereal and hints of apricot and pear. Lightly herbal and industrial middle. Long, oily, cerealy finish.
Douglas Laing Old Particular Glenburgie 1995 (18 year old) 48.4%
Refill Sherry Hogshead/ Code: OLD0083/ DL10277
Dist: Jun 1995 Btl: Mar 2014/ Tasted: Apr 2014
A very malty and bready nose with notes of maturing refill sherry, dripping with dark treacle, cinnamon and more malt than you can shake a stick at! With time hints of fragrant honey and sawdusty vanillins become apparent.
The palate is again malty and bready with liquorice, light treacle, burnished wood, tea and light tobacco notes. Very sweet on the middle as the treacly sherry develops. Good length with the sweet spices lingering along with a light herbal citrus and peppery note.
Douglas Laing Old Particular Glenburgie 1997 (18 year old) 48.4%
Refill Sherry Butt/ Code: OLD0228/ DL10873
Dist: June 1997 Btl: Aug 2015/ Tasted: Sept 2015
Quite herbal aromas with granulated sugar coated barley and hints of toffee and marzipan. Lightly fragrant but edgy with hints of lime and a late honey note.
The palate is fairly heavy on the toffee’d oak with thick barley and vanilla. A touch of coffee comes through on the middle along with some stewed fruit. Good, mineral finish, slightly mouth-watering with lingering barley.
Douglas Laing Old Particular Glenburgie 1997 (21 year old) 51.5%
Refill Sherry Butt/ Code: OLD0598/ DL12572
Dist: Jun 1997 Btl: Jun 2018/ Tasted: Jul 2018
Aromas of dusty barley and oak with a slightly hard, industrial note. Subtly herbal with a touch of lemon/ lime sherbet, minerals and honey.
Dusty and hard barley to begin with, followed by some sweetening honey. Again slightly industrial with hints of lime, minerals and mature oak. Pleasant citric and mineral middle and a long, mature oak, barley and honey finish.
Douglas Laing Old Particular Glenburgie 1989 (25 year old) 49.3%
Refill Bourbon Hogshead/ Code: OLD0160/ DL10590
Dist: June 1989 Btl: Dec 2014/ Tasted: Feb 2015
Very appealing aromas of fresh and fragrant barley with hints of heather, citrus, grass, buttery oak and barley sugar. With time it becomes quite mature and slightly earthy.
The palate opens with a pleasant barley sweetness followed by apricot, orange and lemon. Unobtrusive oak adds weight and a little tannin. Long, lip smacking finish with the citrus returning and a lovely, lightly nutty and grassy after-taste.
Douglas Laing Old Particular Glenburgie 1992 (25 year old) 51.5%
Refill Bourbon Hogshead/ Code: OLD0452/ DL11772
Dist: Apr 1992 Btl: Jun 2017/ Tasted: July 2017
Edgy and citric on the nose with herbal barley and hints of honey, butter and coconut.
The palate is slightly cardboardy with soft barley, buttery oak and citrus. Long with lingering barley and citrus.
Douglas Laing Provenance Glenburgie 2008 (8 year old) 46%
Refill Bourbon Hogshead/ Code: PRV1241/ DL11531
Dist: Jun 2008 Btl: Nov 2016/ Tasted: Apr 2017
Aromas of slightly industrial barley, white fruit, unsweetend pineapple and a touch of honey.
The palate opens with some subtly toffee’d oak and barley, which makes it more appealing in the mouth. Still the barley has a hard edge and it’s a bit short and mineral with the oak returning on the after-taste.
Douglas Laing Provenance Glenburgie 2009 (8 year old) 46%
Refill Bourbon Hogshead/ Code: PRV1379/ DL12610
Dist: Nov 2009 Btl: May 2018/ Tasted: Jul 2018
A lovely, sweet barley’d and honeyed nose with hints of vanilla, granulated sugar and lime.
The palate opens with sweet vanilla oak, sweet barley and hints of white peach, pear and apricot. Lovely citrus and mineral middle and a long finish with lingering white fruit and citrus.
Douglas Laing Provenance Glenburgie 2006 (10 year old) 46%
Refill Bourbon Hogshead/ Code: PRV1269/ Dist: Nov 2006 Btl: Feb 2017/ Tasted: Aug 2017
A lovely nose of honeyed white fruit, orange blossom honey, toasty oak and a light minerality.
The palate is full and honeyed with white fruit, apricot and peach. Lovely barley’d middle with hints of vanilla and minerals. Long, crisp and citric finish with lingering toasty oak, sweet nutmeg and ginger wood spice.
Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask Glenburgie 1995 (16 year old) 50%
Refill Bourbon Hogshead/ Code: OMC2142/ DL8005
Dist: Apr 1995 Btl: Jan 2012/ Tasted: Feb 2012
A sweetly spiced nose, liberally sprinkled with castor sugar with hints of botanicals and honey. Pleasantly clean with some underlying oak, which becomes creamier as it envelops the nose.
The palate opens with the creamy/ milky oak; flecks of honey and spice are interwoven. The sweets builds and becomes quite confected. Pleasantly deep, if a bit straightforward with a long, sugary-sweet finish.
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