Glengoyne 25-year-old

I don't really know where to classify a 25 year old whisky. I can definitely rule out flat taste. After all, 25 years are not reached just like that. So respect for such a complex whisky. Not everyone will enjoy trying it. For me it was an exhilarating event to pay respect to this whisky for its purpose.

Nose: Sweet, cherries, raisins, spices, dark chocolate, plum jam, subtle orange, oak | Taste: Sweet, oak, cherry, spices, raisins, malt, cocoa | Finish: Medium to long; sweet notes, oak, some dried cherry and cocoa remain. The oak is still there even after minutes. | Conclusion: It starts with a wonderful nose. Sweet notes, cherries and raisins with a great spicy note at the beginning. Added to this are dark chocolate and some plum jam. A subtle orange and a pleasant oak are now there. The taste starts intensely. Sweet notes and a warming, pleasant oak are there at the beginning. Cherry and spices come directly afterwards. I now have raisins and some malt. At the end a cocoa note remains on the palate. Wow, what a great whisky. Everything harmonizes perfectly with each other. The whisky "hugs" you as you enjoy it. Lots of cherry, warming oak and spices in the nose and taste. Simply beautiful. There are no bad marks. | 90-91 points

Tobacco, leather, lots of red fruits, sweet start in the mouth, then a bit peppery finish.

Session with a Golden Promise: 2023.06.05. Glengoyne 14yo 2006 The Distillery cask https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/170923/glengoyne-2006 89- Glengoyne 25yo OB (2020) https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/167031/glengoyne-25-year-old 89- Macallan Oscuro OB (2017) https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/75342/macallan-oscuro 90- Mr. Bond's Choice 25yo WhDr 1995 https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/171267/speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-1995-whdr 88+

04-10-2025

89.5

Clean but solid. Nice leathery (with dried fruit) sherry whisky. No flaws. I think this is the standard of high quality core range sherry whisky. 89 - 88 : Quite Nice. I will buy it again if it is reasonable price.

The color already befitting, beautiful mahogany. Old sherry. Very intensive. Old, damp wood, a slight sweetness. Very strong start. The 48% seem stronger. The notes in the nose also spread in the mouth: Oily sherry paired with oak wood. The barrel is noticeable, first appears young and fresh, and then old and spicy. A bit tart in the finish, the beautiful aroma evaporates. The wood stays for a long time ... A beautiful drop suitable for Christmas.

Splendid malt albeit not "old sherry style". Does have great leather and oak notes, but also fresh sweeter maltiness. 48% abv. help, especially in comparison to the 21yo which is different but just as good on the nose, but can't quite deliver on taste and finish. Good buy under 300 EUR!

A slightly different bottling to the old design. This is particularly noticeable imho in the nose, which shows more spice and less dried fruit and leather. Slightly changed on the palate and on the finish, but still very, very good.

Had a dram at Usquabae Bar in Edinburgh. Absolute benchmark in terms of balance and intensity. I'm not a Sherry Monster fanboy. Luckily, he doesn't cross the uncomfortable line. I prefer this version to the 1st fill only version. 91+

Sampled at Whisky Show. 90% FF sherry. A lot more tannin. Softer and less spicy than 21. Very cask forward. Dry finish.

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Tried in parallel with WB53319. Very good, but doesn't come close to 2014, especially on the nose. 86-90 – Wow, really good one, needs a bottle

significantly lighter than previous bottlings, also in taste, probably more refill barrels, rounder, sweeter in the nose, more pleasing, not so extreme.

2nd

Delicious, fruity, berry, round!

Nose-89; Taste-89; Finish-89.

better in 2nd try

Excellent! The best ever taste

One of my favorite distilleries. This is a fine malt.

Tasted at The Whisky Event 2026. Not sure which batch.

Fortunately, my fears of an extreme drop in quality as a result of the design change were not confirmed (but it is still noticeably behind some of the previous batches). The current batch also offers a multi-layered and exciting interplay of complex aromas from nose to finish (fruit, oak, leather,...) that, in my opinion, is only possible with malts that have matured so well. A true gentleman for special moments. But I would rather go for the older vintages.

A very strong and round malt. But it doesn't quite match its predecessor. Too bad it's being diluted.

Short comparison between the 25er from 2018 (WID:108196) and the 25er from 2020 (WID:167031) Visually, the difference isn't really that big. The 18 is a bit darker. They differ more clearly on the nose. The 18 is darker and heavier. In addition to the dark dried fruits, there is also leather and tobacco. With the 20, the fruits are of course dark, but partly dried and partly fresh. This continues in the mouth. The oak comes across as tarter and bitter in the 18, while in the 20 it is more spicy to slightly hot and less expressive. Overall, these are both delicious sherry whiskys. The 20 looks more modern in style than the 18. In comparison, I like the 18 a little better. But I have to admit that I expected a little more. Somehow I remembered the 25 even more vividly. Five years ago I bought a bottle of 25, which wasn't cheap back then and is still sealed. After the tasting, I don't necessarily feel the need to open it any time soon. Now the 30 from 2022 (WID:200674) Closer in style to the 25er from 2020 than the 25er from 2018. The 30 generally seems more mature than the 25 from 2020. However, the step from the 25 to the 30 is not exactly big. But you can expect more for that price. So the 25er from 2018 won the comparison. After that comes the 30, if you ignore the price. Third place goes to the 25er from 2020.

A nose to fall in love with. Dry sherry malt that needs time in the glass. The 48% alcohol by volume is perfectly chosen, adding water is not necessary.

Compared to previous bottlings, it has lost some of its quality, but it is still a decent complex bottling with a typical sherry profile. However, the price-performance ratio is no longer right today

The current label is Glengoyne 25y, starting at the top of the labels, just as its distillate is considered (Highlands), although it is matured in the Lowlands. Everything I had tried from them, I always perceived a younger distillate, without much complexity and even a little more skittish, I see one of Banksy's works (London graffiti artist), which is the anarchist throwing a bouquet of flowers, instead of the Molotov cocktail , for me this sums up Glengoyne well - I'm rebellious, but delicate! It is a distillery that was born to be different and do different things, it would be exactly the Scottish hipster saying one of its slogans in an extravagant way: "The authentic taste of malt whisky untainted by peat smoke". Sensational marketing that ends up catching the attention of many people who like more different things. On the nose, we already have a heavy note of sherry, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, fig, and leather. It already shows personality and delicacy with intoxicating aromas. On the palate, it appears very sweet in the mouth, although this sweetness disappears until it goes down the throat, with dried fruits in the pattern of sherry whiskys, almonds, nuts, dark chocolate, vanilla and coffee liqueur reminiscent of Sheridan's, (I just It comes to mind when I remember coffee liqueur, lol!). Its finish is long, with chocolate, honey and raisins, and something that reminds me of old whisky, it seemed to me like a tobacco box that was buried and left behind. It's a harmonious whisky, with many of the notes in their proper places, especially because lately, apart from Laph and Mac 25, very few options are being saved from this age, it's even preferable to face low quality brandy among the varied options on the market, but this secular room at Glengoyne does not lose the power of lightness and impact that it possesses. I advise you, dear grasshopper, that if the opportunity arises, you can embrace the bottle, especially because it's not every day that something good and 'different' happens in our lives! Rating - 89.7 (Voss Maltado)

Sample 590b, 5cl.

Compared to the old form, it contains the character of glengoyne which is calm and delicate, but there is some sour lactic acid coming out of poor quality oak The acidity of miscellaneous fruit, a simple sense of structure