The Singleton of Glen Ord 18 year old whisky is a fantastic single malt Scotch. Coming from the Highlands, this delicious whisky is complex yet well balanced and is suitable for whisky lovers all around the world.
The majority of the whisky is matured in American oak casks and a smaller quantity in European sherry oak casks to give you the perfectly balanced whisky. This best whisky has a long fermentation of up to 75 hours. Combine that with slow, batch distillation and maturation in the oak casks gives you a complex yet accessible and well structured whisky.
Slightly less spicy, more mature, darker in colour and deeper in flavour than the Singleton of Glen Ord 12 Year Old, the 18 year old is a sophisticated and well-structured Scotch.
The Singleton of Glen Ord 18 year old single malt Scotch boats plenty of fruit and spice flavours! To start, take a deep breath and savor the aromas of orange peels and berry fruits. If you add a dash of water to this best whisky, the aromas are even more fruity with more orange scents coming through.
On the palate, it is warming orange with a prickle of spice at first. Then chocolate and caramel notes start showing themselves. With water, the Singleton of Glen Ord 18 year is smoother and sweeter although the first sip is still quite warm and spicy. However, more orange and berry fruits can be tasted.
This top whisky has a long, dry and warm finish. With a dash of water, the finish is still long but smooth and spicy on the palate.
How to drink the Singleton of Glen Ord 18 year old? To thoroughly enjoy all its flavours, this whisky is best drunk neat or with a drop of water.
It works well with hard cheeses such as cheddar, parmigiano and grana padano.