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| Hello, that is considered one of our (virtually) every day tastings. Santé! |
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Could 5, 2025
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Distillery employees at The Glenlivet Distillery in 1924, 100 years after
it was formally based. It was these pleasant individuals who produced
the 1924 we’re going to style in the present day. Solely the managers didn’t put on caps! |
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Alright, we’re dishonest a bit – it’s a Glenlivet bottled in 2024 (and naturally not distilled in that yr), however the older one is certainly a 1924 from Harvey’s, sourced straight from the well-known Dornoch Whisky Bar. We are able to nonetheless say there’s a hundred-year hole, can’t we? (Anybody who disagrees will probably be sternly reprimanded and banned from WF for all times).
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Glenlivet 17 yo 2007/2024 (64.7%, Signatory Classic, Horsemen & Archangels, Kirsch Import, Archangel No.4, 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt, 1109 bottles) 
One suspects that two butts have been blended right here, given the slightly murderous power and the excessive outturn. The theme feels a bit ‘Russian mini-series on Netflix’, however there, allow us to bravely press on… Color: darkish amber. Nostril: textbook stuff, with that slightly bourbony facet (I do know), sometimes present in these ultra-high power ex-sherries. Nail polish, sizzling mustard, barely singed walnuts, candle wax, contemporary paint… It’s a contact brutal, however what did we count on? With water: what a turnaround! Right here come the little broths, poultry in mushroom sauce, Turkish espresso, soy sauce… Briefly, all of the issues we love in these Glenlivets from SV. Mouth (neat): allow us to pray… Okay, it’s wealthy, clearly extraordinarily highly effective, with these nail polish notes reappearing, kirsch straight from the nonetheless, chocolate… I shan’t point out Mon Chéri (too late, S.) however you get the image. With water: once more with the return of the hen inventory, parsley, nutmeg, European oak (however that’s in all probability American), marmalade… End: lengthy, bordering on vinegary, with lashings of espresso and bitter chocolate. Feedback: clearly not for the sworn enemies of oloroso, however nonetheless, completely pleasant. And never fairly as deadly as one might need feared, pricey Archangel.
SGP:561 – 88 factors. |
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Smith’s Glenlivet 1924 ‘Superior Liqueur Whisky’ (John Harvey & Sons, Bristol) 
With a pushed cork. We’d assume this wee darling was bottled simply after WWII, because the royal coat of arms doesn’t but seem like that of Elizabeth II, judging by the type of the banner at its backside. There’s no ABV listed, however the distinguished proprietors of the Dornoch Whisky Bar have measured it at 44.85% ABV, which is slightly excessive for a whisky this venerable that was presumably—although we can’t be sure—bottled at 80° proof. John Harvey & Sons, recognized for his or her sherry ‘Harvey’s Bristol Cream’, are nonetheless round in the present day, although after a detour by way of Beam, the model is now in Filipino palms. |
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Color: gold. Nostril: that faintly mentholated and camphory facet one typically finds within the oldest Scotch bottles, although we are able to’t be fully certain this isn’t merely bottle ageing at play. In any case, that is top-tier, streets forward of many a contemporary behemoth, together with the Signatory brute. Aromas of each vegetable and animal fat, high-quality rubber, fir smoke, tar, flint, and as soon as once more, fatty broth. A unprecedented journey 100 years into the previous! And sure, there are even traces of barley really malted utilizing peat. Mouth: sublimely targeted on broths and soups (nettle, sorrel, leek, asparagus), with honeyed notes and never the faintest signal of weak spot. Fantastic high-quality peat, unguents, camphor, and hints of fig jam. This Glenlivet may simply stand as much as a high-quality foie gras, whereas there are additionally faint notes of very dry outdated gewurztraminer, by the way in which. End: the one second when it pricks the nostril ever so barely, which was fully anticipated. Feedback: we readily perceive why Professor Saintsbury, in his celebrated work ‘Notes on a Cellar-Guide’ first printed in 1920, extolled the virtues of a vatting of Glenlivet and Clynelish.
SGP:462 – 94 factors (strictly for high quality, not for rarity or historic curiosity).
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To assist us get better, a little bit bonus, since we’d simply had a heavy sherry from SV (however the subsequent one will probably be ten levels decrease) …
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Glenlivet 17 yo 2006/2023 (54.8%, Signatory Classic for Tiffany’s New York Bar and A.P.E. Hong Kong, first fill sherry butt, cask #900795, 153 bottles)
Based on a really well-placed supply at Tiffany’s New York Bar in Hong Kong, the label ‘reassembles the colourful neon lights of Hong Kong inside a Mong Kok road scene.’ Color: deep gold. Nostril: this can be a much less muscle-bound sherry than the Archangel’s, extra elegant, fruitier, and even perhaps extra advanced. Stunning notes of quince, mirabelle plums, figs, damp earth, roots, bergamot and liquorice. A real little jewel, this Glenlivet for Tiffany’s (now that’s intelligent, S.) and the rooty character is simply beautiful. With water: encaustic wax, beehive, outdated leather-based and aged orange liqueurs. Mouth (neat): much more roots, particularly carrots, gentian, even celeriac, adopted by the same old dried fruits, figs up entrance, then dates, candied citrus peels and prunes. With water: would you imagine me if I advised you sure components remind me of the 1924 Harvey’s bottling? Maybe it’s that very faint contact of mint sauce. Really lovely. End: lengthy, creamy, honeyed, evenly salty, ending on citrus zest. Feedback: a terrific Glenlivet, matured in a sherry of outstanding refinement. That is correct class in a glass…
SGP:651 – 91 factors. |
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Delighted with this session!
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