Glenlivet 1955 George & J.G. Smith Gordon & MacPhail

Glenlivet 18 Year Old

Nose: Homemade buttery banana caramel pudding. Sherry overtones, and one can imagine a dry Bartlett pear in the back. Palate: Opens with the smooth creaminess and tartness of a mouth-watering limoncello, but without the sweetness. This develops to guava, smoothed over with faint caramel. Above the guava are other light flavors of nutmeg and wild...

Score 86/100

Glenlivet 18 Year Old

Tasted as part of a flight of Glenlivet along with the 15 y/o French Oak and the 16 y/o Nadurra. There's a lot going on here. Considerably complex with a darker edge to some of the younger Glenvlivet expression. The aroma has elements of hot fudge, some cinammon,bitter-sweet chocolate. The palate is medium-bodied and confirms the nose with a hint...

Score 90/100

Glenlivet 25 Year Old XXV

There are some whiskies that entrance you for some reason and for me The Glenlivet XXV was one of them. It was gifted to me by a friend a couple of years ago and, for sentimental reasons, I chose not to open it. Instead two years later I purchased a new one intending to open it with the same friend as a New Years treat. Big mistake. Looks like...

Score 86/100

Glenlivet 16 Year Old Nadurra

Time for a new review and I have chosen The Glenlivet sixteen year old Nadurra. This particular batch was 0606A and was bottled in June of 2006 at 57.2% ABV. I have read many people try to compare this spirit with other cask strength offerings such as Aberlour A'bunadh. It would be easy to compare these two based on the simple principle that they...

Score 90/100