Glenlivet 12 Year Old American Oak

Glenlivet 42 Year Old 1973 Cadenhead

Wow, this is mightily old stuff, right? A Glenlivet from the 1970s: how often do you get the chance to try this? It’s a vatting of several casks, actually (although no indication is given about the number of casks exactly), that yielded a malt at 40.2%. You got the hint, right? O.M.G. Stop the press! Delicious panoply of tropical fruit: melon,...

Score 89/100

Glenlivet 19 Year Old 1996 The Ultimate Cask #69142

This Glenlivet is of a whole other caliber. While also from a first fill sherry cask, this was a butt that yielded almost 700 bottles at drinking strength and matured for almost two decades. Rather pale, actually. Not a lot of fruit on the nose, to be honest. It is sweet, sure, but rather on barley sugar, vanilla and caramel. After a few moments I...

Score 82/100

Glenlivet 11 Year Old 2007 Signatory for The Whisky Exchange

Just a few weeks ago I tried a couple of these malts that were delicious, each and every one. I’m talking about the sister casks from 2007 with numbers starting with #900xxx. I tasted 181 for The Nectar, 201 for Jan Visser, 148 and 149 for The Ultimate and now 131 for the 10th edition of The Whisky Show from The Whisky Exchange. I presume it will...

Score 88/100

Glenlivet 18 Year Old

A brilliant nose smacking of honeycomb, burnt citrus, chocolate, treacle, traces of banana and fruity barley. Dry and silky smooth palate full of glorious spices like star anise and cinnamon. But mostly honeycomb, citrus and strong, mature oak covered in thick burnt caramel. Substantially long dry finish that stays on and on. A must have late...

Score 90/100