Glenury Royal 1953 50 Year Old Sherry Cask

(10 customer reviews)

$13,450.00

  • Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 42.8%

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Glenury Royal 1953 50 Year Old Sherry Cask

Glenury Royal 1953 50 Year Old

  • Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 42.8%

A brilliant richly-sherried send-off for a sadly now-defunct distillery. This is another malt that aficionados cherish despite it being relatively obscure, and it is thus extremely collectable.

While it is wonderful that many newer and smaller indy bottlers are able to issue casks from closed distilleries still, its unquestionably Gordon & MacPhail who remain the kings of this kind of latter day lost distillery release. This quartet of bottlings for their 125th anniversary have been causing some chatter so far this year, but let’s taste rather than chat (what?!) This Glenury hails from the penultimate year of the distillery’s production.

Color: amber gold. Nose: deep, unctuous and wonderfully earthy sherry that also expressed many dense and sticky dark fruits. Plums drizzled with old balsamic, raspberry wine, green walnut liqueur, Irish coffee and this very particular kind of leathery, almost tarry, rancio. The kind of aroma that just seems to grow in complexity and keeps evolving in simultaneous directions. Glenury Royal 1953 50 Year Old Sherry Cask

Now showing gamier sides and hints of very old Burgundian pinot noir. I believe ‘sumptuous’ is the word. Mouth: rich and deeply earthy, bitterly herbal and peppery. More gamey and leather notes and a very assertive bitterness that could arguably be too much. Cured meats, natural tar extracts, black pepper, strong back tea and some high-cocoa content dark chocolate. The meaty and bitter herbal qualities tend to dominate here; you get the sense of the cask closing in and a whisky left raging against the dying of the light. Finish: long, bitter, rancio, herbal, punchy tobacco notes, fruity black coffee and bitter cocoa powder. Glenury Royal 1953 50 Year Old Sherry Cask

More gamey and animalistic cured meat tones in the aftertaste. Comments: this kind of meatiness is a rather divisive style I find, however, personally I rather find the bitter aspects on the palate more problematic. But this really is nit-picking. Like so many older drams, the nose was a 93 point sensation, whereas the palate was slightly more disjointed by age. But fans of dark and dusky old sherry bombs will undeniably require spare trousers and an armchair

10 reviews for Glenury Royal 1953 50 Year Old Sherry Cask

  1. Matthew (verified owner)

    Very well worth the money.

  2. Nolan (verified owner)

    Very fast delivery.

  3. Robert (verified owner)

    Very fast delivery.

  4. Kaden Arabic (verified owner)

    The product is firmly packed.

  5. Samuel (verified owner)

    Very well worth the money.

  6. Isaac (verified owner)

    Good service.

  7. Ryker (verified owner)

    Good service.

  8. Aadarsh (verified owner)

    Good quality.

  9. Mason (verified owner)

    The product is firmly packed.

  10. Mason (verified owner)

    Good service.

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