Glenfiddich 12 single malt whisky is part of the distillery's flagship collection. It is an award-winning Speyside whisky and an excellent choice for seasoned sippers or those who are new to whisky. It has lots of light and fruity flavours thanks to a high cut point. Aged for 12 years in American and European oak casks, it's also the world's most awarded single malt!
Grain. Slightly floral, mineralic. Spirity, orchard fruit, malty, honey. Citrus develops.
Light, floral, spices. Very smooth.
Sweet, touch of oak and general fruit, oily.
Stereotypical Speyside. Consistent - a good benchmark.
Glenfiddich 12 year is consistent and good quality. Its my "go to" whiskey. More and you, the 18 year simply cannot be beat, but its also a pretty penny ;) buy a bottle of the 12 year, you won't be disappointed.
Great for newbies, same as Aberlour 15 and Singleton. Gets better at 18 and 25 years.
I like my whisky powerful and intense so this isn't for me. it's very light, smooth and bland.
It was my first single malt, and it raised the bar very high! The Glenfiddich whiskies are generally my type of malts as I don't really enjoy the strong peaty flavour, they are just perfect, starting with this one, and the price is really affordable so every malt lover can have a great drink in his glass, every day :) Cheers!
Reading some of the comments, looks like many try this as their first single malt. Guess when I randomly picked this out yesterday I did the right thing! I just tried it, and it was my first single malt too. It tasted like just an above average good blend. I'm no expert, but I didn't taste anything special. I believe all you seasoned drinkers can either detect very very very subtle notes and can hang on to that, or you just appreciate anything thats not complete rubbish. At any rate, this was disappointing. But as I'm no expert Im rating it a 7, same as it is now. So don't hate me. :)
