Glen Moray Elgin Classic is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky produced at the Glen Moray Distillery in Elgin, Scotland, which has been in operation since 1897 and is currently owned by La Martiniquaise. It carries no official age statement but is aged an average of seven years in ex-bourbon casks, mostly first-fill, and is bottled at 40% ABV. It retails for around $23 to $30 in the U.S.
It's relatively sweet up front, showing maple and vanilla, though a citrusy note unfolds midpalate and it finishes crisp and bracing, with a faint puff of smoke.
The palate is lightly sweet, milk chocolatey with some orange and lemon peel overtones. It’s got ample youth — Glen Moray says the whisky here is an average of seven years old — but Glen Moray makes the most of a relatively simple spirit that melds salt, grain, and cocoa powder into a decent whole that comes at a highly attractive price.