Glenlivet 1991 16 Year Old

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 12 Year Old

As a young whisky-drinker I always keep my eyes open for bargains at supermarkets, so when I picked up a bottle of Glenlivet 12 for £18 I thought I was in for the deal of the year. After impatiently waiting till after dinner, I parked myself in front of the fire, grabbed my nicest tumbler and my bottle of Glenlivet. Nose: On pouring out the first...

Score 59/100

Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Finish

I recently tried the Glenlivet Nadurra at a friends house - thoroughly enjoying it - and decided to reappraise the output of the Glenlivet distillery in my collection. I had a couple of bottles at the back of my cabinet - this one and a 12 year old with a drop left in the bottom. I decided to review the 15 French oak but using the 12 and my memory...

Score 81/100

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