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The Glenlivet 15 Years Old

Brand The Glenlivet
Expression 15 Years Old
Type Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Age 15 Year Old
Abv 40.00%
Produced at Glenlivet Distillery
Region Speyside
Launched 1824
Availability Worldwide
Guide Price £26-£40 (US$41-US$65)
Website http://www.theglenlivet.com

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 55 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet

Nose
Cheery, full summer fruit basket. ripe apricot, juicy peaches. Honeyed custard. Butterscotch. On the sweet side.
Palate
Soft and tender. Stewed fruit. Vanilla syrup. Spices gently emerge. Flavours lose their charm with water.
Finish
Soft and mellow with a nutty tinge.
Comment
A very pleasant summery dram. Quite fragile though. Water tends to wipe out flavours.

Dave Broom

Nose
Rich and heavily spiced. Aromatic, exotic, some varnish, mint, Puy lentil, sweet polished oak. Good intensity.
Palate
More interesting to start: apple purée, flowers then the oak grips. Sappy.
Finish
Spiced, slightly tannic.
Comment
This is more about oak than the whisky. Seems forced: trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

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