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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Got a sample bottle of this in a gift set, and was not impressed. Flat on taste and finish.
That's the best whisky I've ever tasted in my life there's nothing I would ever compare with uhm! What a nice Whisky I must say
I can drink this like water - it is so freaking good. I used to put Ice in Scotch and now I would horrified if anything molested this beautiful booze
I can't comment on the notes too much because I've recently poured the 12 yo after it. Not completely sweet, a bit sour/tangy citrus, dried fruits, marzipan, biscuit buttery, leather, winter spices, then the peat smoke is light and stays on the palate. A much nicer whisky than I had anticipated, complex wise, thanks to the Euro casks. Would be wonderful in port or sherry, to open up the fruitier notes, or perhaps use more peat to pull out more smoke and astringent flavors. Next time I'll try with a wee bit of h2o.
Scent of banana and caramel with cinnamon. Creamy flavors of lemon and tropical fruit. So smooth that it suffers a little in complexity.
