The second release in Glenfiddich's Experimental Series is their Project XX (pronounced 'twenty') expression, bringing together 20 Glenfiddich experts to create something eclectic and new. To be precise, 20 Glenfiddich brand ambassadors from 16 countries all over the world each picked a cask from the Glenfiddich warehouse. The 20 chosen whiskies were then married, and later recreated by Malt Master Brian Kinsman (partly by recipe - casks types, ages, volumes etc. - but partly through expert assessment of aroma and quality). It's a whisky that would never have come to exist any other way.
This smells like a bit of a beastie, lots of woody spicy notes, toffee and orange peel. Clearly some serious cask action going on here.
Lots of wood: cloves, cinnamon and vanilla with tingly wood tannins, all wrapped up with some sweet fudge notes.
Long and layered, with lingering notes of espresso and dark chocolate.
For me, the whisky release of the year. It’s like having the complete range added to a bottle. Now some say they get a soapy finish, ok could be with certain pallets. But it’s actually the mix of so many nuances of flavours battling against each other. Adding water breaks up these flavours to allow you to taste each one slowly. Tuis whisky is truly exceptional without doubt. It’s like blending a cambelton and spayside in one bottle
soap and musk. lots of soap and musk. Not for me,
This is without doubt one of the best whiskies I've ever had.ive recently had 14,15,18, year old whisky ( all Glenfiddich) all superb,but,this series one is my favorite.
Very sweet, but nice spicy complexity to it. The bottle's nearly gone and I'm tempted to get another.
Yep, I'd agree this one is good enough to suffer a subsequent fall, maybe even a broken bone. It's like the 12 yr packed with life - more and better of everything it has if you can appreciate a "lower grade" malt. I'm not a real fan of the 15 yr Solera for what that's worth. For me, this XX is a perfect in-between for the 12 yr and 18 yr, and with a higher ABV. Definitely worth a try, and MoM's price on it is great. However, make note of those coriander-soap critical reviews. I don't find that at all here, but it's caught me elsewhere, so worth keeping in mind for anyone else whose taste buds do the same freakish thing as ours from time to time.
