Glenlivet 1972 26 Year Old

Glenlivet 16 Year Old Nadurra

I'd been hearing about a certain cask strength Speyside bottling for months, Glenlivet 16 yr old Nadurra, for months before I finally got a chance to pick it up. I'd been helping my wife out at the family business and as we were shopping for supplies for the store we passed one of the largest chain liquor stores in the area, Dan Murphy's, and...

Score 76/100

Glenlivet 12 Year Old 100cl

Glenlivet is one of the world’s largest distilleries, which I visited in September 2010. Their whiskies are noted for their fruity and floral elements, rather typical for Speyside. Let us go back to basics with the 15 Year Old which you can find in duty free shops (not to be confused with the 15 Year Old French Oak Reserve, by the way). The nose...

Score 81/100

Glenlivet 18 Year Old

A very balanced nose, you know this is going to be a very good, safe, but not quite exceptional dram. Don't get me wrong, I love this expression, but in my limited experience, it doesn't quite touch 90. The nose has a distinct sweet and perfect woodiness which is missing from the younger 12 and 15 year olds. This is the ideal every-mans mid to...

Score 89/100

Glenlivet 16 Year Old Nadurra

The Glenlivet Nadurra (which is Gaelic for 'natural') has been available since 2005, always matured on first fill bourbon casks. Many batches have been bottled. We try the batch from July 2012, bottled at cask strength. Very creamy nose on loads of vanilla, honey and oak. Then some banana and citrus follow in equal measures. A juicy pear with...

Score 87/100