Glenlossie 27 Year Old 1978 Signatory Vintage

Glenlossie was originally founded by John Duff, who would later also found Longmorn and BenRiach. In 1919 Glenlossie became part of DCL, precursor to Diageo. On the same terrain, Mannochmore Distillery was built in 1971. Anyway, today we are tasting a Glenlossie from 1978, bottled after 27 years by Signatory in their well known Cask Strength Collection.

The expressive nose is wonderfully sweet and almost creamy. Freshly cut grass, burnt malt and dark bread are upholstered with a light touch of Sirop de Liège (dark pear syrup). Pink Lady apples and Doyenné pears. Becomes very fruity after a while. Coconuts, blood oranges. More caramel and honey. Vanilla and beeswax. Lovely. Adding water makes it sweeter still, but also dries the grass into hay.

It is honeysweet on the palate and the attack is pretty fiery. All the fruit from the nose returns. I also get some marzipan and toffee. Eucalyptus and white pepper, a bit of ginger confit. Unfortunately it does not become better when adding water. Luckily it does not really need it.

The finish is pretty long and slightly drying. The wood finally speaks.

This is a very nice and expressive Glenlossie. I truly liked it without water, not so much diluted.

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