Review #290 - Glengoyne 16 Cadenhead

  Highland/Lowland - 16 - NCA  - NCF -  $100 if I had to guess - 58.2% 

Glengoyne is a unique distillery that distills in the Highlands and matures in the lowlands. While the regions are a big obsolete, it is the highland malt style.  This cask is a sherry butt distilled in 2001 and bottled in 2017.  

Color - Chestnut

Nose - Plums, frosting, candied lemon, cough drops, red fruit, pea pods - water adds more defind raspberry

Palate -  Frosting, toffee, spice - water adds sandlewood
Finish - Medium - Buttercream, toffee, spice, hints of orchard fruit

Overall - 6 -  I enjoyed this dram just fine.  It wasn't really what I expected.  There was not very much sherry influence.  If I had to guess blind, I would have thought ex-bourbon.  The cake frosting throughout the dram was very pleasant.  I couldn't pick up that much in complexity, but it is a pleasant dram to sip.  

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale
5.5 I enjoyed it but will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.2

Standard Deviation 0.96

Skew 0.51

Kurtosis -0.28