Berry's Glen Moray 1991

Tasting Notes

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: decadent, creamy, and floral with tropical fruit; the fruits start with canteloupe and apricot, morphing into baked apple crumble and tarte tatin; they are followed later by papaya, kiwi, and waxy citrus fruits; honey butter, fresh cut flowers, and shortbread. 

Palate: lush, decadent, and very fruity with creamy oak and a floral accent; clotted cream, honey butter, and beeswax; more dewy fresh cut flowers; the fruits are anchored in citrus and white orchard fruits to start, but juical tropical ones emerge with time: papaya, grilled pineapple, and persimmon; still with the tarte tatin and warm apple crumble.

Finish: lush, coating, and decadent with bright juicy fruits and waxy floral tones.

Comment: this is a gorgeous, subtle, and elegant bottling of Glen Moray; it is also one of the oldest whiskies we've seen from this distillery in years!

Producer Tasting Note

"This classy Speysider - matured for over three decades - is enormously complex. deserving some time in the glass to breathe before being approached. The nose demonstrates perfectly why Scotch is a superlative spirit: subtle, balanced and mature, it gives gentle notes of shortbread, green apples, honeycomb and a touch of liquorice. The palate is pleasingly thick and very gentle, but with serious complexity: quince jam, blackcurrant, tobacco leaves and a building notes of mango and pineapple. It's a delicious dram, worthy of long contemplation."

Independent Bottler

One of our favourite independent bottlers, Berry Bros. & Rudd is a stored London-based firm which has resided at #3 St. James Street, a stone's throw from St. James Palace, since 1698. Primarily a wine merchant, they have also played a prominent role in the Scotch whisky industry. In addition to founding the Cutty Sark Blend, and managing the Glenrothes brand for 30 years, BBR is also an independent bottler. We have long been impressed not only by the quality of their independent bottlings, but also their value! 

Berry Bros. & Rudd in Their Own Words

With two Royal Warrants and more than 300 years of history, Berry Bros. & Rudd is Britain’s original wine and spirits merchant. 

We can trace our history back to 1698, when an enterprising woman called the Widow Bourne started an “Italian grocer’s” at No.3 St James’s Street, selling tea, snuff, spices and the most fashionable drink of the day, coffee. The sign of the coffee mill still hangs outside our premises at No.3 today, in tribute to our roots.

In due course, our focus shifted to something a little bit stronger. As wine became important to the business, so too did spirits, and we started bottling casks under our label in the early 19th century, making us Britain’s oldest independent spirits bottler. Three centuries on, the family business continues to flourish, with its heart still very much at No.3.

While much has changed over the years, we are still owned and managed by members of the Berry and Rudd families, and we continue to supply the British Royal Family, as we have done since the reign of King George III. We still, from time to time, weigh customers on a giant set of coffee scales, a tradition which began in the 1760s, with Lord Byron, William Pitt and Beau Brummell among those who have had their weights recorded in our ledgers. Most importantly, we still believe that everything you should look for in a wine or spirit comes down to one simple question: “Is it good to drink?”