Berry's Own Selection Glenlivet 1974

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 59 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Malty and nutty. Oak is well integrated. Cooked plums, marzipan. Apples drying in the attic. Mustiness and earth. Oak comes back. Palate Smooth and crisp too. Oak is more prominent but flavours are nicely intertwined. A touch of milk chocolate. Finish Dry, with a refreshing sour/bitter touch. Comment Very elegant and balanced on the nose. Oak tends to show off but the dram keeps its charm though.

Dave Broom Nose Dried lemon peel. Fresh and floral, daffodil/iris and touches of dry malt. Shifts into tisane, straw and apple. Palate Very soft with good flow. This has more of a juicy guava like softness. Silky and almost wine like. Well integrated oak which adds a lightly spiced element. Finish White pepper. Comment Charming and well balanced.