Another dram from a distillery closed in the 1980’s. Glenury Royal was another distillery that fell victim to the recession of the early eighties, after being refurbished in 1965. At first it was only mothballed, but the decision to demolish it was taken in 1992, when things weren’t really picking up.

The dram is one of the few Official Bottlings of the distillery, distilled in 1968. There are only a few officials, and even as an indepedent bottling this one is rather hard to find. Even harder at a reasonable price.

Nose:
Rather floral and sharp initially. After a minute dusted lemon sweets come out with some wet barley in a field as well.

Taste:
The taste is rather surprising and has a lot more liquorice, lemons other citrus fruits. I also get a strong note of shaved oak.

Finish:
The finish is a bit short, but has a Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc feeling to it. Fresh and crisp fruits with some wood there as well.

This was my first Glenury Royal, so I can’t compare it to another bottling from the same stills, but its a pretty neat dram. I did find it quite hard to get a lot of flavours from my glass. But I do like those wine style drams. Mind you, that’s wine style, not wine finished, which I usually find rather terrible (exceptions exist, of course).

Glenury Royal 36, 1968, 51.2%, samples available from the ‘Rare Whisky Site’ for € 11,25 per 2.5 cl.

Nose: 8
Taste: 7
Finish: 8
Overal experience: 8
Price/quality: 0

Total: 31 points