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Glen Grant V Decades

  • Distiller:

    Glen Grant

  • Bottler:

    Glen Grant

  • ABV:

    46%

  • Age:

    NAS

  • Price:
    $$$$$
  • Raided Score: 93
  • Publication: WhiskyCast
  • Excerpt: The fruity notes return as the spices fade, leading to a long finish with sultanas, grapefruit, and a touch of toffee.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • Publication: whiskyfun
  • Excerpt: It's interesting that a master blender/distiller would compose a cuvée that's so close to the barley. Pleasantly against the general trend!
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • Publication: Whisky Advocate
  • Excerpt: The palate is vibrant and energetic, but holds to the middle of the tongue. A suitably celebratory dram. Congratulations!
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Publication: Distiller
  • Excerpt: The finish is long and rewarding, ending with more of that toffee-coffee richness.
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  • Raided Score: 91
  • Publication: The Whiskey Jug
  • Excerpt: Like drinking an amazing tasting cookie. A buttery sugar cookie soaked in whisky. So good.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • Publication: Drinkhacker
  • Excerpt: Altogether, Five Decades drinks like a much younger whisky — which may mean it’s dominated by casks that hail from that most recent decade instead of the fifth one. A fine little whisky but nothing earth-shattering, particularly at this price.
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • Publication: Whiskey Raiders
  • Excerpt: There's some honey, a good dose of sneaky smoke and a strong malty sweet finish.
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  • Intro:

    Supposedly a blend of different aged distillate extending across 5 decades.

  • Nose:

    Malty honey, light pear and apple. Light vanilla cream. Mild brine.

  • Taste:

    Sweet apple and pear. Mild salt and peppery brine. Theres some honey, a good dose of sneaky smoke and a strong malty sweet finish.

  • Finish:

    Long but mild. Its well blended between the sweet, smokey and salty.

  • Overall:

    I really had no idea what to expect from this dram but I liked it a lot. The profile was very unique and delicious. It started off one way and ended completely differently. Points for creativity.

  • Score:

    6

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
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