Glengoyne 37 Years Old Cask:975 47.6% 1967

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (93)

Colour: pale amber. Nose: oh, this is just as stunning, yet quite different. Much more winey, superbly sweet and sour, with some very bold notes of cooked rennet apples topped with hot butter and caramel. Almost a sin. Much more humus, earthy notes as well, fresh mushrooms, high-end pu-erh tea, and again all the litany, from quince jelly to mirabelle plum and from nectar to sweet white wine. It’s a beauty, perhaps a tad more discreet than the 1972 but certainly more complex and delicate. Fascinating. Mouth: oh yessss! That’s the kind of attack I just can’t resist. Some ‘western’ fruits, some tropical ones, some waxy, empyreumatical and smoky notes, a little spices and that’s it, you have a winner – in my opinion, at least. This Glengoyne have them all, with some big notes of crystallised quince topping the whole. It is not very complex, it is not very bold, it is not full-bodied, but it’s superbly balanced and even if the finish is a bit drying (but I can’t remember a malt that wasn’t at least a little drying at more than 35 years of age) I think the whole is just a thrill. 93 points (but it would have reached 95 with a little more oomph and just a little less tannins).