点评:Since tasting the Glen Garioch 1995 8 years ago (Last release before the distillery closed for updates), I have had 2 goals :-
1. Find more of the 1995.
2. Do a tour of the Glen Garioch distillery.
Number 1 was achieved when I found a little store in the US that had a dozen bottles & I've been buying a bottle every year.
Number 2 was finally done in Sept 2024.
As we were only going to be in Scotland for a few days I wished to do the Warehouse 4 tour which I attempted to book from Australia. Bad luck had no tours booked for the day I wanted to go. However, I contacted the distillery & they came back and said that I could do the tour on that day. (I also wanted to do a Singla Cask bottling as well).
The day arrived & I was greeted by Julie & I was the only one on the tour. What can I say about Julie. She is BRILLIANT. Her knowledge (even with some checking of notes) of history of the distillery & the distilling process was amazing and all the while throwing in anecdotes.
On the tour there were various stops where a bottle would be waiting to sample. As I was driving, I could mainly nose the whisky & have a small sip. The ones sampled this day were a 2007 European Virgin Oak, Red Wine Cask, 17yr old (The renaissance 3rd chapter & the 1979 Oloroso Singla Cask. I was in heaven.
Back in the visitor centre I was asked which of the single casks I would like to bottle. I asked 'she who must be obeyed' & I was allowed to bottle the 1979 Oloroso (45 yrs old).
Happily walking out with my prize & the left over samples that Julie had arranged for me to have, I felt the the could be no better place on earth than being in the 'Geery'. This is a fantastic place to visit & Julie does the distillery proud.
翻译:自从 8 年前品尝了 1995 年的格兰加里奥 (Glen Garioch)(酿酒厂关闭更新前最后一次发布)以来,我有两个目标:-
1. 找到更多 1995 年的威士忌。
2. 参观格兰加里奥 (Glen Garioch) 酿酒厂。
当我在美国找到一家有十几瓶威士忌的小商店时,我实现了第一个目标,我每年都会买一瓶。
第二个目标终于在 2024 年 9 月完成了。
因为我们只打算在苏格兰待几天,所以我想参加 Warehouse 4 之旅,我试图从澳大利亚预订。不幸的是,我想去的那天没有预订旅行。不过,我联系了酿酒厂,他们回复说我可以在那天参观。(我也想试试 Singla Cask 装瓶)。
那天到了,朱莉迎接了我,我是这次旅行中唯一的一个人。我能对朱莉说些什么呢?她太棒了。她对酿酒厂的历史和蒸馏过程了如指掌(即使查阅了一些笔记),而且总是在讲趣闻轶事。
在游览期间,有多个站点停放着一瓶威士忌供您品尝。开车时,我主要可以闻一闻威士忌的味道,然后小口啜饮。当天品尝的是 2007 年欧洲 Virgin Oak 红酒桶,17 年陈酿(复兴时期第 3 章和 1979 年 Oloroso Singla Cask)。我感觉自己身处天堂。
回到游客中心,有人问我想要装瓶哪个单桶。我问“必须服从她”,然后我被允许装瓶 1979 年 Oloroso(45 年陈酿)。
我高兴地拿着我的奖品和 Julie 为我安排的剩余样品走了出来,我觉得世界上没有比“Geery”更好的地方了。这是一个值得参观的好地方,Julie 为酿酒厂感到骄傲。