Glenlivet 1997 The Coopers Choice

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 18 Year Old Castleton of Blairfindy

This official bottling of Glenlivet – sorry, I mean The Glenlivet – was released in 2015 in their so-called Single Cask Edition. I tried it at a festival – I forget which one – but did bring home a sample to try again in the tranquility of my den. This is cask #59245 and the bottling was dubbed ‘Castleton of Blairfindy’. Judging by the color, this...

Score 86/100

Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Finish

I recently tried the Glenlivet Nadurra at a friends house - thoroughly enjoying it - and decided to reappraise the output of the Glenlivet distillery in my collection. I had a couple of bottles at the back of my cabinet - this one and a 12 year old with a drop left in the bottom. I decided to review the 15 French oak but using the 12 and my memory...

Score 81/100

Glenlivet 16 Year Old Nadurra

I have a faiblesse for cask strength whisky. I have had other Glenlivets and found them nice but perhaps lacking Power. The Nàdurra CS does not lack Power nor taste. Nose First whiff I'm being met by delicious green apples, citrus, oranges and mandarins. A real fruitbasket. Putting my nose to it again I begin to sense some vanilla notes...

Score 86/100