Grant’s® Grant’s Elementary Oxygen 8 Year Old 1lt – 8390354272569

Alc Vol: 40%

Size: 1lt

William Grant & Sons has created this Whisky to demonstrate the influence each scientific element has on the final flavour of the whisky. Each blend explores the impact of its stated element on our whisky, and its age statement relates to its position in the Periodic Table of Elements.

Oxygen differs from the other whiskies in the range in that it is a Scotch Blended Grain whisky, no single malts in this blend. Oxygen as I am sure you will all recall from your school chemistry lessons, is the 8th element, it is lifted carefully from the spirit during William Grant’s unique vacuum distillation process at their Girvan grain distillery. In an oxygen deficient environment, distillation can occur at a lower temperature, producing a crisp, sweetened flavour profile. William Grant say that it is the oxygen, or lack of, that gives this grain whisky its silky smoothness.

Grant’s Elementary Oxygen 8 year old was matured for at least eight years in ex-Bourbon American oak casks

William Morrison’s Tasting Notes:

Nose:  Fresh, clean, a gentle creamy vanilla sweetness, touch of coconut and a little hint of pear.

Taste: Medium bodied. A deliciously smooth creamy vanilla delivery soon joined by the coconut from the nose and some gentle fizzy oak spices.

Finish: The mildly sweet creamy vanilla fades first leaving the lingering fizzy slightly drying oak spices.

Comment: No surprises, except for how good this is, this is a young blended grain whisky and a very good one. Exceptionally creamy smooth on the palate which fades slowly to leave some energetic young oak spices.

SMW Scotch Blended Grain Whisky Score 90/100