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Glengoyne 25 Year Old Wins Best Scotch At The Whiskey Wash Awards 2025

We review Glengoyne 25 Year Old, a Scotch single malt aged a quarter of a century exclusively in hand-selected sherry casks.

OVERALL RATING

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Tasting Notes

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Scotch single malt aged a quarter of a century exclusively in hand-selected sherry casks; bottled at 48% ABV; priced at $600.
Appearance:
This has a rich, coppery red glow in the glass, reflecting its sherry cask origins, highlighting within a moderate leg structure and slight viscosity.
Nose:
All sherry, all the time, as soon as this drifts near my nose. Aromatics reflected within include dried figs, raisins, rich chocolate, toffee pudding, and hints of leather.
Palate:
A quarter of a century in sherry oak makes this shine on the palate without breaking a sweat. It is all here – warm oak, rich fig, raisins galore, decadent chocolate, yummy hazelnut, and lovely butterscotch.
Finish:
Like a dream, this drifts in my back throat, taking its own time to fade away, and with me in no hurry to see it go.
Comments:
This is a classic sherry bomb style, which is an approach I always love when done well under a solid cask management program. This whisky showcases itself to be as such. You need a bottle.

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.

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti is the founder of The Whiskey Wash, an award-winning whiskey lifestyle website dedicated to informing and entertaining consumers about whisk(e)y globally. As a whisk(e)y journalist, expert, and judge, he has written extensively about the subject, been interviewed in various media outlets, and provided tasting input on many whiskeys at competitions.

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