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Glenkinchie NEDERLANDS
Region Lowlands
District Eastern Lowlands
Water source reservoir in de Lammermuir Hills
Neighbours  
Owner Diageo
Manager Kay Fleming
Visitor centre January to Easter:
 Monday to Friday, 12 noon - 4pm.
April to October:
 Monday to Saturday, 10am - 5pm. Sunday, 12 noon - 5pm.
November to December:
Monday to Friday, 12 noon - 4pm.

Closed from 23rd December to 5th January inclusive

Admission price:
Adults : £5.00 (This charge includes a discount voucher which is redeemable in the distillery shop towards the purchase of a 70cl bottle of single malt whisky)
Children: free
Please note that children under 8 years old are not admitted to the production areas.
Address Pencaitland,
East Lothian, EH34 5ET
Phone +44 (0)1875 342 004
Fax +44 (0)1875 342 007
History 1837 : established by John and George Rate
1853 : closed
1880 : acquired by Glen Kinchie Distillery Co Ltd
1914 : taken over by SMD
1988 : first bottled as a single malt
1997 : visitor centre opened
House Style  
Independent Bottler Signatory
Information Contributor to the blended Haig.
   

DISTILLERY BOTTLINGS

Glenkinchie - 10 year old - 43%
Chillfiltered.
Colour:
Pale gold.
Nose:
A light sweet nose with barley-malt, green grass and wisps of autumn smoke.
Palate:
Slightly sweet yet fresh, late summer fruits and harvest fields, young wood and malted barley.
Finish:
A surprising warm finish, dry with a smoky spiciness.
Glenkinchie 1990 - Distillers Edition - 14 year old - 43%
Bottled in 2004. Chillfiltered.
Cask:
Finish in amontillado sherry.
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Glenkinchie 1988 - Distillers Edition - 43%
Cask:
After mellowing in a refill cask to develop the soft distillery character for a decade, a secondary maturation in a specifically chosen amontillado sherry wood cask ensures that all the good work continues..
Colour:
Sunny golden.
Nose:

Palate:
Intense, a biscuity-sweetness followed by a long echoing interplay of sugar sweetness and oaky dryness.
Finish:
An astonishingly long finish, dry and soothing.



 

 Glenkinchie 1986 - Distillers Edition - 10 year old - 43%
Cask:
Finish in amontillado sherry.
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INDEPENDENT BOTTLINGS FROM SIGNATORY

 Glenkinchie 1987 - Cask Strength - 17 year old - 57,3%
Unchillfiltered.
Cask:
Bourbon.
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