Glenlivet 1951 18 Year Old Baretto Import

Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Finish

I visited the Glenlivet distillery in September 2010, just right after they expanded considerably. One of their standard bottles is this Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Reserve, that is actually the follow up to their discontinued Glenlivet 12 Year Old French Oak Finish - that I've reviewed here a long time ago (17th Nov 2009). The nose is floral...

Score 85/100

Glenlivet 12 Year Old

The Glenlivet 12 year old is a smooth and fruitful dram with a stingy and heavy kick at the end. The kind a usually detest. Glenlivet 12 somehow manages to deliver itself in a way that suits me. Maybe it's the oak and honey that manage to settle it down. Glenlivet 12 isn't dry either, which helps me to take the finishing kick much easily....

Score 89/100

Glenlivet 12 Year Old

After a fantastic vacation with my daughter in Vancouver, I came back home to...being sick. It has not been pleasant but now that I'm on the mend, I thought I would get back into the writing with something simple, basic, not too complicated. It doesn't really get easier than this one. Although the Glenlivet distillery has been around since time...

Score 83/100

Glenlivet 12 Year Old Unblended bottled 1970s

Going back to Holland from a great holiday in Japan in '81. Some notes left: nose(of bottle!) full of vanilla and caramel, very nice. When taking first nip I tasted liquorice(drop in Dutch-one of my fav. candies!) and vanilla and caramel. The finish was rather long. Maybe too simple, but I loved the stuff. A very special, memorable holiday(and...

Score 70/100