GLENLIVET 18YR

GLENLIVET 18YRDried apricot, orange marmalade, and caramelized apple lead the glass, with honey and vanilla underneath and a long, warm finish of winter spice and toasted oak. That profile is the direct result of 18 years in a combination of first and second fill American oak casks alongside ex sherry oak casks the American oak driving the fruit and vanilla sweetness, the sherry casks adding dried fruit depth and spice. Glenlivet was the first legally licensed

Dried apricot, orange marmalade, and caramelized apple lead the glass, with honey and vanilla underneath and a long, warm finish of winter spice and toasted oak. That profile is the direct result of 18 years in a combination of first- and second-fill American oak casks alongside ex-sherry oak casks — the American oak driving the fruit and vanilla sweetness, the sherry casks adding dried-fruit depth and spice. Glenlivet was the first legally licensed distillery in the Livet valley, established in 1824; its signature lantern-shaped copper pot stills with long, narrow necks produce a characteristically light, non-peated Speyside spirit that takes well to long maturation. Water is drawn from Josie's Well on the distillery grounds.