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.
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I turned 21 in August and have been drinking only the Glenlivet's scotch since legal at 21 years of age in the USA. I have been working my way up the years, enjoyed the 15 the best until this one (I have tried the 12, 15, and 16 Nadurra thus far). The Chaps at Master of Malt review was spot on, I went to my extended spice cabinet to smell my sugar free barley flour and (then mixed it with spearmint) before nosing the scotch, your have a great nose my friend! The orange, apple, and smoke I could smell from the start but the undertone noses (I was lacking smell experience until I tested it with my spices). The oak is a familiar smell but I was not able to pinpoint it until reading this review. The pallet of fennel was a great surprise upon sniffing my spice of fennel (which I use in most of my chicken or pork cooking). Honey and bitters of oak was an obvious finish I have had and love with all Glenvliet's scotches. I am appreciating the longer finish with this scotch considering this being my most aged scotch tasted. It is even longer than the higher ABV 16 year Nadurra that I am finishing the bottle of currently. I love reading reviews as I drink a dram because it allows me to nose, palette, and finish even more than normal. I hope you read this "Chaps at Master of Malt" because you deceive much credit for your wisdom in scotches. I am so enjoying my 200ml bottle taster sample of the 18 that I will soon be purchasing the 750ml bottle in less than a month. Cheers to your drams, Brandon Niblett
after trying tons of single malts finding this beauty for 49.99 was especially rewarding.
One of the best whiskys I have tried going to buy my second bottle now
Far better than the other speysides I've tried. Glenfiddich and Balvenie are too cardboardy, Macallan is too sherry-y. I can't say I *love* this (prefer a bit stronger malt (glen grant, old pulteney) or peat (islay) flavor), but for a reasonably-available speyside, this one's got just a touch of sherry sweetness and very little of the cardboardy taste I've found elsewhere. Feels more classy than the tasteless obans and scapas. I guess to summarize this is the best happy medium if you want a touch of that sherry "luxury" and don't like drinking cardboard.
orange and sherry nose. honey, oak and tannins on the palate. oaky smooth finish. my favorite so far
