Glen Grant 1995 Aged 24 Years Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Signatory Vintage (700ml)
Volume: 700ml ABV: 48.1% Age: 24 Years Country: Scotland
Cask Number(s): 88194 + 88195
Date of Distilling: 31/5/1995
Date of Bottling: 06/03/2020
Matured In: two ex Bourbon Barrels
Un-Chillfiltered
Signatory Vintage are an independent bottler founded in 1988 by Andrew and Brian Symington. The name ‘Signatory’ was derived from the initial intention to find a person of suitable standing to sign the labels for bottles drawn from a single cask. The first cask bottled was a 1968 Glenlivet which quickly sold through long before any suitable signee could be found.
Signatory currently bottle at three strengths: 43%, 46% Unchillfiltered (UCF) and Cask Strength.To add proof of authenticity to their cask strength bottlings, Signatory always include the cask numbers, date of distillation, date of bottling and number of bottles produced.Signatory Vintage’s aim is to offer as wide a range of whiskies as possible, some of which are not even bottled by the proprietary distillery. This allows malt enthusiast to sample the huge variety of subtle differences which occur between casks.
The Glen Grant Distillery has followed traditions that came from a long line of local farmers who living had been reliant on illicit production of malt whisky. Established in Rothes by two brothers James and John Grant who are seen in the Glen Grant label resting on a wooden barrel. The distillery takes its water from the Glen Grant burn and its stills are still to this day like tradition coal fired stills. It is currently owned by Campari of Milan and produces 5.9 million litres of whisky yearly. The Grant family over the decades were the first to introduce electric lighting and tall slender stills to help create a fresher, malty flavour and clear colour that defines Glen Grant from its competitors.
This single malt whisky was distilled in 1995 at the Glen Grant distillery in Speyside before being placed in two ex Bourbon barrels and left to mature for 24 years. In 2020 it was bottled at 48.1% abv as part of the Signatory Vintage Cask Strength Collection. Only 408 bottles worldwide were produced of this fine liquid for us all to enjoy.
Our Tasting Notes
Nose: Fresh hay, malted barley and soft fruits. Apricots and honey, ripe banana and citrus.
Palate: Oily with orchard fruits of apple and peaches, malted barley, subtle mint.
Finish: Floral with toasted grain.
