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The Whisky Exchange Zodiac: Pisces, Glenglassaugh 2015 10 Year Old Review

Can a sherry cask Scotch favour clarity over richness? The Glenglassaugh Pisces from The Whisky Exchange Zodiac series proves restraint can be just as compelling.

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The Whisky Exchange Zodiac series opens with a lighter touch in this Glenglassaugh, where the Pisces profile leans towards balance and fluidity. Pairing coastal Highland spirit with sherry cask influence in a way that avoids weight and instead focuses on clarity and integration, allowing both distillate and wood to show without one overtaking the other.
Appearance:
Golden amber with a soft glow, showing good viscosity as it coats the glass and forms slow elegant legs.
Nose:
Salted caramel and dried apricot lead, followed by orange peel and honey with a gentle coastal note running through the middle. More fresh air than overt salinity, while the oak sits quietly in support rather than pushing forward.
Palate:
The texture is rounded and smooth, carrying sweet malt into sultanas baked apple and soft spice, with ginger warmth building through the mid palate The sherry influence is present but restrained allowing the fruit to stay bright and the structure to remain light.
Finish:
Medium length with sweet spice citrus peel and a faint saline edge that lingers without becoming heavy.
Comments:
This is a composed and well judged whisky that prioritises balance over impact, making it an easy entry point into the series while still offering enough detail to hold attention, it will suit drinkers who favour sherry cask maturation with restraint rather than richness or weight.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Greg Dillon

Greg Dillon is the founder of GreatDrams,.com an award-winning independent bottler recognised for its cask-led releases and multiple international gold medals. A respected whisky writer and commentator, Greg has spent years covering Scotch, Irish, and global whisky with a sharp focus on production, people, and place. He is the author of The GreatDrams of Scotland and a regular contributor to leading whisky publications. Known for blending commercial insight with deep liquid knowledge, his work centres on authenticity, long-term thinking, and whisky as something to be shared, not merely collected.

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