Glenfiddich Grand Cru 23 Year Old Whisky 70cl

I like Whiskey, but I cannot justify well over £200 for an unrefined bottle. Waves of overwhelming alcohol. Once on the nose, the second for the first mouthful, once again after swallowing. It was like moonshine. I cant remember the flavour profiles, only that it was the worst in my 5 samples and BLOWN OUT THE PARK by Bushmills 16.

There are quite a few tasting notes to the Grand Cru 23, but, as a whole, it all falls flat and the end result, while not unpleasant, is rather unremarkable. For all the promise of its age, pedigree, beautiful bottle and packaging, this is a boring whisky.
I honestly wouldn't pay more than £120 for this, in the unlikely event of buying another bottle.

N: Monkey nuts. Somewhat sweetened.
P: Nuttiness continues with a slight sour sherried series of notes.
A: There is a slight nougartness within the finish. Wood rears its head just enough to embellish the finish.

A great drink, my second favourite of 5 exclusive drams I tried. Smooth but warm. Flavourful but really subtle, "butter, flakey pastry, and peaches" accurately describes this drink- but I couldn't justify £206. Maybe £130/£140.

I'm a long way from being a whisky expert. I know what I like, without doing all the pretentious tasting notes malarkey. No need. I like it or I don't.
This stuff... I really like. Knocked it down a star as it's a tad on the expensive side for what it is.

Smooth and easy to drink. An absolutely fantastic bottle of fine single malt

After drinking a lot more of this whisky I’m down grading it to 3 stars as it’s not worth £220.00 or even 180.00. it’s worth £130.00 to £150.00 at the most as it’s just a real let down for its price but again it’s still a lovely malt but the 21 Y/O rum finish which was another let down for me was £130.00 when I bought it and I would not of payed over £90.00 to £100.00 for it if I had known. Glenfiddich are notoriously over pricing there whisky and it’s now catching on in the scotch whisky industry which is making it harder for people who want to try these whisky’s who now don’t have the means to pay for them and that’s just sad. (Thank god for M.O.M drinks by the dram as at least we get to try even though a full bottle is out of the question for a lot of folks) Anyway there’s my review both of them in full and I hope you guys get more than I did out of it. Cheers.

Very good. I think people who gave this whisky a poor rating is because it’s hard to detect those flavours but they are there and very nice. You really have to work this whisky to get those wine type flavours at the back end because on the front it’s just the characteristic glenfiddich flavours turned up due to its age and the amount of time it spent in the barrel. I think if they had used a younger whisky like a 12 Y/O instead of a rich decadent sweet 23 year old with strong flavours that suffercate the delicate wine type flavours that would of been much better or spent longer than 4 months finishing. Still I would value this whisky at £180.00 and not £220.00. It’s still a lovely soft and silky whisky in its on right not with standing the Grand Cru flavours and 4 months clearly didn’t do it much justice which is a shame. Gets 4 stars because it’s a lovely 23 y/o but loses a star because it doesn’t deliver on what it promises. I won’t be buying this again unless the price reduces.

Beautiful looking bottle, I had looked at this for a while before I tried it and ended up getting it as a sample. As previously stated I could not taste any of the age in it, whilst it is pleasant enough I don’t think it warrants the price. Nose was light and I got some apple and citrus with oak. Palate was on the bland and dull side, a little sweetness some subdued fruit and oak but nothing remarkable or particularly note worthy. Finish was short and none descript. I think the way Glenfiddich have marketed this whisky is more about the packaging image rather than the substance...... it’s a shame as it looks like a flagship product.

whisky is whisky
I tell you its a Glenfiddich
Everyone has their own views on different whisky's and different presentations.
I drink whisky most days to enjoy, this you will enjoy.
As a gift which is its intention its right up there.
A special gift for a whisky drinker will leave them stunned.
It was hard to leave it alone.