Glenlivet 1981 SV Cask Strength Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenlivet |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 33년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 51.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale amber
air Nose
a tiny wee bit of pencil shavings at first nosing, then an avalanche of dried fruits and soft spices. Figs, dates, raisins, Christmas cake, dried bananas, dried pears, also milk chocolate… With water: vanilla, sponge cake, butterscotch, custard… Not extremely ‘sherry’, but who cares? White chocolate
restaurant Palate
goody good. Feels a bit younger than it is, but that’s the wonders of refill wood. Baklavas and sweet wines from the Loire valley (botrytised chenin blanc, if you wanna know everything) plus dates and, always, some chocolate and some straight oak, pencil-shavings-style. Yeah I know that would rather be cedar wood. With water: water works. Becomes brighter and fruitier, loses its cedar-woodiness, and starts to display topical fruits. Well, a few of them
timer Finish
medium, rather clean, on a fruit salad. No excessive cinnamon, that’s cool. Got to love refill. Touches of menthol, cinnamon and aniseed in the aftertaste