Description
Glengoyne 18 Year
Spicy vanilla fruit, ripe apples and a rich, luxurious mouthfeel. This is the result of eighteen long years and a generous proportion of first-fill sherry casks.
NOSE
Awash with red apple and ripe melon. Heavenly and well rounded, it drifts into hot porridge topped with brown sugar.
PALATE
Full bodied, round and rich. At first macerated fruits, marzipan and walnuts; then warm spices, dry cocoa and lingering Seville marmalade.
FINISH
Long, warm and dry.
CASK RECIPE
35% 1st Fill European Oak Sherry.
15% 1st Fill American Oak Sherry, 50% Hand-selected quality Oak Refill casks.
43% ABV
SUSTAINABILITY
We are proud of the progress we have made on our sustainability journey.
We were the first distillery to adopt a wetlands facility to manage 100% of the liquid waste we don’t need. The liquid makes its way through a series of twelve pools; each is thick with reed beds. This slows down the flow and removes anything that would harm the delicate balance of the local burn.
The water is then safe to rejoin the burn, which winds its way into the river and on to Loch Lomond. Less waste. Less energy. More wildlife.
The wetlands cut our waste by around 25% – and because the process uses gravity, it only takes a 1.5KW pump to send the spent lees on their way. What’s left of the solid waste is then harvested sustainably for enough energy to power 354 homes each year.
Eleven Years on from the introduction of the Glengoyne Wetlands and biodiversity is alive and well at the Glengoyne Distillery. Our wetlands are made up of 12 individual cells which are home to 14,500 plants of 20 varieties and today provide a haven for local wildlife.
Like the geese, we also harness the power of the wind to help us reach our destination by sourcing 100% of our electricity from turbines, and from 2022, from solar energy too.
So, with every sip of Glengoyne, we continue our journey as we raise our glass to a greener and more sustainable future.
