Summer Duets Today independent Glenlivet


July 24, 2023

summer

Summer Duets
Today independent Glenlivet

Let's see what we have… (many, actually)… eenie…

Glenlivet 12 yo 2004/2016 (58.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #2.104, Declaration of the heart, refill bourbon barrel, 216 bottles)

This one might be a little anecdotal… …. …. Colour: pale white wine. Nose: fully on a box of sugar cubes, cane syrup, tutti-frutti eau-de-vie, barley syrup… I'm not sure this one's ready for Netflix, but water might pull more action, let's see… With water: mud, porridge and grist, plus sugars. Mouth (neat): raw grass and eau-de-vie, plums, grass, plums, grass… tough boy for sure. Did they make it with their wee 'moonshiner' still? Declaration of the heart? Well, there is not a single ounce of empathy in this one, we are down to the bone. With water: same. Grass, apple juice, aspartame. Finish: medium, on the same notes. Comments: what we enjoy in this one is its plain, rustic, naked, modest honesty, and the fact that no one ever decided to finish it in any silly wine casks, which is probably what the other 99% of the profession would have done.
SGP:441 - 82 points.

Speyside 29 yo 1992/2022 (44.8%, Vintage Bottlers, Secret Series 2, 266 bottles)

A little sparrow told us that this would be Glenlivet. Colour: straw. Nose: this will be very quick. Walking throughout a western orchard, nosing apples, plums, gooseberries and rhubarb. Add droplets of pink grapefruit juice and fresh-squeezed oranges. Simple, utter, plain perfection all around. Mouth: in the style of 1972. Ripe apples and plums, mead, acacia honey, mirabelles, drop of agave syrup. Finish: medium, clean, fruity, with a little maracuja and vanilla this time. Comments: should you have paid for this tasting note, I believe I'd have had to reimburse you. Stunning fresh old Glenlivet, but where are the others?
SGP:641 - 91 points.

(Merci, Lucero)

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