Bottle Profile | |
Type | Scotch Single Malts (Disclosed Distilleries) |
Distillery | Glenlivet |
Bottler | Official Bottling |
Brand Name | Glenlivet |
Alcohol By Volume | 43% |
Issued | 2011* |
Average Score | 82 |
Maniac Ratings | |
Johannes van den Heuvel | 81 |
Robert Karlsson | 83 |
Konstantin Grigoriadis | 75 |
Ho-cheng Yao | 81 |
Krishna Nukala | 84 |
Pit Krause | 87 |
Rich Howard | 80 |
David Wankel | 79 |
Oliver Klimek | 81 |
Ralf Mitchell | 84 |
Retired Maniac Ratings | |
Keith Wood | 82 |
Tasting Notes | |
Robert Karlsson | Mature sweet fruits (apricots, mandarins) and fresher vanilla also. Spicy. Round. Big. Attractive sweet fruits and a delicate vanilla below that. Well-balanced and not at all aggressive in any way. Strangely enough drier with time, and tiny hints of dry smoke appears? Hm. Difficult one. |
Rich Howard | the nose is mostly on grains (wheat bread, oatcakes) and polished wood, a handful of field grasses, hints of apples and apple skins. after a few minutes, some warmer notes of pistachio nuts emerge. the palate is full of sweet malt, plenty of herbs and quite wooded. a drop of water opens up more apples and pears on the nose, and a splash of vanilla. the palate is actually a touch less sweet now, still herbal, and still wooded. summary: no surprises here, an herbal, nutty, wooded whisky with light fruit. [tasted blind for the 2011 Awards] |