
Duncan Taylor Octave 1996 Glentauchers 26 Year Old

Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch
Bottler: Duncan Taylor
Range: Octave
Distillery: Glentauchers
Age: 26 years old
Distilled: 1996
Bottled: 2022
Region: Speyside, Scotland
Spirit: Single malt scotch
Cask Type: Finished in a sherry octave for 9 months
Cask Ref: 8537479
Alcohol by Volume: 51.7%
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Outturn: 58 bottles
Bottle Size: 700ml
Glentauchers 26 Year Old Tasting Notes
Nose: Blueberries and custard cream along with pine needles and manuka honey. A hint of lemon. Buttery biscuits and shortbread with cocoa and a wisp of coffee.
Palate: Rich and packed full of winter berries along with golden syrup and pancakes. Raspberries and strawberries too. Double cream and meringues provide a lovely creaminess. Slightly oily but very rich and sweet oak at the fore.
Finish: Robust on the finish with lots of fruity and sweet character. Nutmeg and cinnamon pair perfectly giving a lovely winter spice to the expression. The blueberries come back along with the espresso coffee note leading to a complex and rich finish.
About this Duncan Taylor Octave
This is a 26 year old Glentauchers distilled in 1996. Duncan Taylor moved the whisky into a small sherry octave cask for a nine month finishing period. These small casks (around 60 litres) have a big impact on flavour. And being a small cask, it only produced 58 bottles of this very exclusive whisky.
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