Glen Moray (2015/2023) - Sansibar
Young whiskies can be exciting - if they are well made. Unfortunately, there are also candidates that taste more like an experiment than a pleasure. The Glen Moray 2015/2023 from Sansibar with a whopping 62% ABV belongs to the second category. What begins as a fruity Speyside dram ends in a questionable cask fiasco.
The panel
Mean 69.0 · spread 0
Value for money 3/5
- Distillery
- Glen Moray
- Bottler
- Sansibar
- Type
- Single Malt
- Region
- Speyside
- Country
- Scotland
- Age
- 7 years
- Strength
- 62% ABV
- Character
- delicate
Tasting
Nose
The nose gives hope at first. Stone fruit, pear, grape - sounds good! The fruitiness is accompanied by honey and a hint of vanilla, while a grassy freshness adds a touch of vibrancy. Everything seems quite harmonious, even if not particularly deep.
Palate
Tingly, spicy and unbalanced - the 62% are not exactly elegantly integrated. Yes, there is a slight fruitiness, but it is mercilessly drowned out. Instead, there's a chaotic mixture of sharpness and bitterness. A real whipping boy of a whisky.
Finish
After the wild ride... nothing good remains. Old barrel? Mineral? Almost metallic? No matter what has happened here - it doesn't fit together. The bitter-woody finish leaves no lasting impression, except that you wonder why this whisky had to be bottled.
Verdicts
Marcel
Here you get a wild, almost unruly Speyside youngster that screams more power than enjoyment. It’s only fun to a limited extent, as the Glen Moray 2015/2023 feels like a damp squib, bitterly regretting its cask choice – a dramatic mess without any real harmony.
Sascha
The Glen Moray 2015/2023 comes across as unbalanced and, due to its high alcohol strength, more sharp than elegant. Despite appealing fruity notes, the overall impression suffers from an incoherent cask character and a bitter, mineral finish that severely disrupts the balance of this young Speyside whisky.
What it is worth
We do not yet hold bottle-level auction results — that sits behind Whisky Hunter’s authenticated feed. What follows is the market for Glen Moray as a whole, which sets the weather for this bottling without pricing it.
Latest mean bid £110 across 110 lots · 2024-08