Glenlivet 1970 DT Rare Auld
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenlivet |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1970 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 37년 |
| Cask Type | Oak cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
starts all on vanilla and good oak plus notes of pollen and light honey. One of these flowery Glenlivets it seems, funny how it reminds me of the excellent Nàdurras, only with more age (but not that much age). The oak gets more obvious after a moment, with also whiffs of aniseed, warm butter, cake, and even a little wood smoke. Very clean, very ‘natural’, no signs of over-ageing so far. See, one more year doesn’t mean a thing... Oh, some funny hints of fish in the background (tinned sardines)
restaurant Palate
very good attack, very ‘young’ and fruity, on a blend of white fruits (apples, pears, yellow peaches) and good tannins. Goes on with plum spirit (or do you know sloe gin?) and vanilla, and gets finally quite spicy (nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom seeds). Gets very slighty sourish from the wood but that’s far from being a flaw here
timer Finish
medium long, mid-fruity mid-oaky, with just a slight ‘greenness’