Glenburgie 20 Years Old 1995 Signatory Vintage

By Barry Bradford on January 2, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Glenburgie 20 Years Old 1995 Signatory Vintage (43%, Signatory, HH #6486 & #6487, 2016)

ABV: 43%
Age: 20 Years Old
Bottling: Signatory
Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky
Cost: £sold out
Origin: Glenburgie distillery
Vintage: 1995

What they say

A Signatory bottling of Glenburgie single malt Scotch whisky, drawn from a pair of hogshead casks for 20 years. It was distilled in June 1995 and bottled in February 2016.

Master of Malt tasting notes:

Nose: Chocolate peanuts, citrus, caramel and toasted malt.
Palate: Fruit & nut chocolate bars, red berries and orange peel.
Finish: Walnuts and vanilla last.

What I say

Glenburgie – or possibly Glenbusie as you wait for ages then 3 come at once! Until now I had only sampled a couple of expressions. During this time the parent company Ballantines have since, finally!, released official bottlings from all their distilleries including Glenburgie – though I still haven’t got my hands of a sample of any of the OBs. It was during the sampling of the oldest of these three that someone commented – how often do you get a chance to sample Glenburgie. Well I had picked up this one a week or two before and just afterwards received notification of a further one winging (all be it a little slowly, perhaps woodcocking is more apt) its way to me.

My tasting notes:

Appearance: 18ct gold (8/20), slow, oily, medium tears, thick legs.
Nose: Fruity, sweet and floral, fruit pastilles, apple, orange, lime and lemon, pineapple, ripe bananas, rummy/brandy, brown sugars, sticky toffee, nutty walnut.
Taste: Medium bodied, rich and sugary and plenty of wood, hints of leather and tannic dried fruits, soft cocoa, some citrus zest, grapefruit, milk chocolate, walnut, cereal, malted barley and fudge.
Finish: Medium, pleasing soft fudge, roast nuts and chocolate, becomes dry.