This excellent 18 year old single malt Scotch whisky from Glenlivet is a classic Speyside dram, matured in a combination of first and second fill American oak and sherry casks. It also won two golds at the International Wine and Spirits Competition.
Quite big and well-rounded. There are notes of chewy sultanas and Sherried peels, barley sugars and toasty cereals with petals and apple blossom. A touch of fudge and gentle wisps of smoke.
Full and rich with notes of chewy, tannic oak. Manuka honey and walnut with Cox’s apples and orange peels. Cut herbs - fennel and spearmint.
Long and dry with a spicy oak note.
My bottle is lkpm4122, 1651, 2018/09/26. Opened for a good 1 week, hall of bootle gone. Go figure. All my cognacs XOS, latest 63-65 abunadhs, best jack SBs, woodford, jack rye, chivas 18, zacapa xo, and many more, they all went to pause mode. I could have read you all the stuff from the bottle and the box, but I will go easy on you. Moderately sweet, fruity, slightly woody, the wood is the best, I cant explain in words, but you can taste its about 20y old. Smooth as a MF. This is an amazing step up to a 12y and 15y. I had about 10-20 bottle of Glenlivet 12 back in the days, good batches, before discontinuation few years back. Just can not compare. Glenlivet 18 is very close to being the best I had. I think I will stock few bottles for rainy days, before Scotland exits EU.
An exceptional Whiskey I love it all over.
One word. SUPERB.
the gentle smoke doesn't overpower the mix of flavors present in this fine scotch - well worth the price and excellent with a fine cigar
This is my absolute favourite of the speyside whiskies has been for years and imagine the end of the line is nearing for this batch , Hence the quite rapid price hike in last 3 years Like most whiskies , i find stumbling upon them a better experience or an offering from a friends house , Expectations is a killer IMO glad i found this one the way i did
