Glen Elgin 1995 21 Year (Berry Bros. & Rudd)

The nose is sweet with a bit of vanilla and sweet citrus hard candy. It smells light. The palate has a big citrus hard candy flavor with some vanilla and pear coming in. It tastes a bit like a well aged white wine mixed with a touch of Muscat. It isn't terribly complex, but the flavors that it has are very good. It's light with no particular alcohol presence despite the ABV. It's very smooth. There's a bit of mild oiliness in it giving a presence of lemon zest, but without making it taste young. It has somewhat of a buttery Chardonnay character. There's a light hint of slightly underripe banana and there's also some mild woodiness with a bit of vanilla. The complexity is here, but it is subtle. This tastes more like a 15 year or maybe an 18 than a 21, but it's good. It reminds me a bit of Springbank 10 and even has that similar bit of smoke. I'm on the fence between 16 and 17, but the sweetness of the candy at the beginning and the occasional subtlety is quite nice, so it gets a 17 for now.