Cooper's Choice Glenlivet 1972, 30 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 38 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Very fruity. Cherries. Peaches. Palate Syrupy-sweet. Firm. Fruit and nuts in bitter chocolate. Toasted nuts. Finish Slight woody bitterness. Enough to balance the sweetness, but too little to offend. Comment Lovely glowing colour. A big Glenlivet, more robust than complex.

Dave Broom Nose Dense. Tobacco leaf, apple bowl/dried apple, stewed fruit, rum and raisin, cold tea. Palate Chewy, concentrated and sweet, (cream sherry?). Treacle. Big sherry influence and firm grip. Finish Dry bracken. Comment The cask overwhelms things slightly.