Glenlivet 1964 The Winchester Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenlivet |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1964 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 50년 |
| Cask Type | American Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 42.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
the first thing that’s striking here is the fact that it’s very ‘Glenlivet’. Sounds logical but after 50 years, that’s not always the case. We’re rather around a tarte tatin that would have been made with pears and papayas instead of apples, I’d say. I also find touches of acacia honey, just a little beeswax, a light spiciness (sweet korma, perhaps, ginger cake), maybe roasted cashews and then more orange blossom or earl grey tea. It’s all subtle and, I have to say, surprisingly fresh. But with all very old whiskies, the devil’s in the… palate. Let’s see…
restaurant Palate
surprisingly fresh and vibrant, and certainly more ‘tropical’ than other Glenlivets. Lovely touches of oranges, ‘supreme’ pina colada, these baked pears again (not the kind of pear notes that you’ll find in young whiskies), touches of papayas and guavas, a light honeyness yet again, tangerines… What’s really surprising is the fact that there’s no ‘political wood’, I mean, you know, when the taster finds quite a lot of wood and writes that he had feared he would have found even more. Not so here, it’s absolutely not an oaky whisky. A wee miracle
timer Finish
and even in the finish the oak is kept at bay, as it’s rather the citrusy side that keeps singing. I even find mangos in the aftertaste. And, granted, more cinnamon
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