WHISKY GLEN GRANT 1973 II RELEASE 40 Y.O. SINGLE MALT SPEYSIDE SHERRY FINISH SEL. CASK N° 6588 SAMAROLI

Whisky single cask bottling, distillato nel 1973 e imbottigliato nel 2013, bottiglia n.91 di sole 180.

A vintage single cask bottling of Glen Grant bottled by Samaroli's Scottish-based bottling arm, Coilltean International.

Samaroli are perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, and an eye for aesthetics (if not English spelling at times!), founder Silvano Samaroli is regarded by many as a visionary. Since his passing in 2017, the company has been run by his friend Antonio Bleve, who continues his tradition of high quality releases. Many of Silvano’s early bottlings occupy deserved spots on the pantheon of all-time whisky greats.

Glen Grant is one of Speyside's most recognised distilleries. It was built in 1839 by James and John Grant, and was a huge facility for its time. Its size increased exponentially over time, in the hands of John's son, John "The Major" Grant (who also built the short-lived Caperdonich next-door), and twice in the 1970s following the merger with The Glenlivet Distillers and its subsequent takeover by Seagram. Glen Grant was bottled as a single malt as early as the late-19th century, and developed a global export market. None perhaps as important as in Italy, where their agent in the 1960s, Armando Giovinetti, turned it into the nation's favourite whisky, after discovering the palate preferences of his countrymen for very young single malts. So loved is Glen Grant in Italy, that the distillery is now owned by Gruppo Campari, who bought it from Pernod Ricard in 2006.

This whisky was distilled in 1973 and matured in single sherry cask #6588 before being bottled in 2013. The label here replicates the flower motifs of some of his most sought after early releases, such as the Bowmore Bouquet.
Note di degustazione:
Profumi di fieno fresco, fiori di mandorlo, cannella, noce moscata e pepe di Cajenna, cuoio.
Gusto speziato con note di liquirizia, rabarbaro, peperoncino, china calissaja,erbe medicinali, rafano con finale di miele di brughiera.