Singleton of Glen Ord 38 Year

The nose is rich starting with a mix of old antique oak furniture that’s freshly lacquered and caramel apple followed by high end dark chocolate truffles, figgy pudding and candied almonds then orange blossom honey, caramelized peaches and pear tarte tatin that transitions to spices of star anise, cardamom, dusty leather bound books and old polished oak with medium ethanol burn. The taste is rich and velvety starting with a mix of old antique oak furniture, light minerality and caramel apple followed by dark chocolate torte, stewed plums, freeze dried grapes and candied almonds then orange hard candies, poached pears and Morello cherry pie that transitions to spices of star anise, cardamom, dusty leather bound books and old polished oak with medium ethanol burn. The finish is long with dark chocolate, dehydrated figs, mandarin oranges, light minerality, poached pears, flaky puff pastry, spices of star anise, cardamom, dusty leather bound books and old polished oak that lingers for minutes. This is simply incredible with a nose that brings in those old dusty oak notes along with earthy dark chocolate, citrus, nuts and spices that carries over to the taste with a velvety rich mouthfeel with additional notes of cake and dark berries that finishes long with that old balanced oak with all the notes from the nose and taste combining in an encore before bidding you adieu a few minutes after the sip. These appear to be costing $2300+, which takes any value for money equation out of this one but you definitely get a banging great whisky. I’m very grateful to have tasted a 1oz sample, but that cost is far greater than I’d want to pay to have a repeat taste of this one.