1980s Glengoyne 10 year old 5cl

Bottle Name: Glengoyne 10 year old 1980’s
ABV: 40%
Distillery: Glengoyne
Region: Highlands
Age: 10 years

It was likely bottled between 1982 and 1985, around the time when the distillery (under Edrington’s management) celebrated their whisky being first bottled at 10 years of age. Prior to this, the only other age-statement bottling from Glengoyne was the Glengoyne Malt Black Label 8-year-old from 1973, produced before the merger that formed the modern-day Edrington.

Colour: Gold (darker).

Nose: Rich and fruity, with figs, dried bananas, orange liqueur, touches of Demerara sugar or rather molasses, herbs, parsley…

Mouth: Pear spirit and maybe a little antiseptic and camphor/mint somewhere. Peculiar flavor combinations: malty cereals, stale honey, copper pipes, and steel polish.
Fruitiness bursts forth (apples, dried apricots, and mangos)

Finish: Medium long, the pears and the spirit remain in the aftertaste. Hints of chopped mint, cut grass, and anise.

Comments: bolder whisky for sure, but the palate was curiously unpolished, while the palate was almost great. Just a notch more to my liking globally.