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Tasting Notes
Colour: Dark golden. Without Water: Nose: Initial burst of freshness, with pronounced fruity notes - hints of dates and figs. With a touch of toasted malt lingering. Palate: Initial touch of black pepper. Mouth coating and smooth. Some tropical fruit influences - pineapple. With Water: Nose: Fresher - grass like notes, a rounded hint of lightly toasted malt. With a sweet edge. Palate: Fruity - ripe pineapple, with a subtle hint of cracked black pepper. Body: Medium. Cask Type(s): First fill American hogsheads. Whisky Style: Easy drinking - with some complexities.

Distillery Notes

Glenturret, previously called Hosh, is the second distillery to take the name Glenturret. It was renamed in 1875, some 20 years or so after the nearby original distillery of that name closed. It is one of Scotland’s smallest distilleries with only two stills, it was silent between 1923 and 1959.

It is situated on the banks of the river Turret, near Crieff in Perthshire. It is tucked away in a steep valley between fields and tree-covered hillsides. In the days of illegal distilling, this would have been a good hiding place.