Here to close out the month in whisky reviews is my review of an older Glenburgie. This 24 yo was released by Cadenhead in 2016 and is a vatting of two bourbon hogsheads. I thought it might be the oldest Glenburgie I’ve yet reviewed but I see I previously reviewed a 29 yo from Signatory in 2018. I rather liked that one, and I also quite liked this 23 yo from Chester Whisky. Those were both bourbon cask whiskies as well and so I have high hopes for this one. Let’s see if they’re borne out.

Glenburgie 24, 1992 (51.6%; Cadenhead; two bourbon hogsheads; from my own bottle)

Nose: A lovely mix of oak and fruit. The oak is toasted and the fruit a melange of citrus (lemon peel), pineapple, tart-sweet apple, gooseberry and kiwi. Just a bit of freshly cut grass as well. Sweeter as it sits and a bit of cream emerges. With time the oak recedes; the lemon expands and picks up some honey. Water resets it and brings some of the oak back.

Palate: More or less as promised by the nose at first but there’s a big musky burst as I swallow: melon mostly. A good drinking strength and texture. The musky fruit comes out earlier as it sits; and so does the prickly oak from the finish. Okay, let’s add some water. The fruit gets more indistinct and some bitter oak extract pops out.

Finish: Medium-long. As the musky fruit crests and fades, the oak gets pricklier. As on the palate with water.

Comments: Another lovely, fruity bourbon-cask Glenburgie. Just a bit more intensity on the palate and this would be in the next tier. Won’t surprise me if it gets there with some air in the bottle. I’ll be interested to see how this develops—right now I like it a lot more neat (which is not something I say often with cask strength whiskies).

Rating: 89 points.