Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Reserve

Glenlivet Master Distiller's Reserve

The Master Distiller's Reserve. Rather a grand name for a bottle that only set me back $65 (AUD). This is a cheeky (and i would say young) triple matured number from The Glenlivet including, sherry, American and traditional oak casks (i though sherry was traditional?). The presentation is a bit over the top really, there is the usual box which is...

Score 77/100

Glenlivet Nadurra Peated Whisky Cask Finish

This is the last dram of a bottle of Glenlivet Nadurra (Gaelic for "natural"), this one finished in a cask that held a heavily peated scotch (probably from Islay). Like the other bottlings in the Nadurra range, it is cask strength, non-coloured and non-chill-filtered. The colour is a light, yellowish amber. Citrusy on the nose, with...

Score 82/100

Glenlivet 12 Year Old

Lots of summer and Autumn fruits, such as apples and grapes, with a great bit of straw and leather come through on the nose. The taste is surprisingly clean sweet and fruity. Where the finish has a slight burn but other than that it is long lasting grains and apples.

Score 85/100

Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Finish

This is from a bottle from several years ago. I kept a small sample. I honestly can’t remember if this has changed much. I seem to remember perfume notes . . . but I’m not sure. It is one of those bottles I had during the extreme days of my “peat-madness.” I was totally uninterested in it. I still don’t think much of it. On this night I tasted it...

Score 74/100