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Volume: 700ml ABV: 40% Age: 18 Years Old Country: Scotland
Glenfiddich 18 Year Old is a masterclass in luxury wood management and small-batch marriage, representing the sophisticated older sibling of the world’s most awarded single malt family. This exceptional Speyside expression is matured for a minimum of eighteen years in an ultra-premium combination of Spanish Oloroso sherry butts and traditional American oak ex-bourbon casks. Rather than blending vast quantities, the distillery isolates these well-aged stocks into carefully numbered, highly controlled small batches of no more than 150 casks. Cut to an approachable and silky 40% ABV, the final liquid spends an additional three months marrying in large wooden tuns to achieve an extraordinary, award winning level of harmony, depth, and structural elegance.
The nose is wonderfully rich, complex, and autumn-focused, opening with inviting aromas of ripe orchard fruits, baked toffee apples, and spiced pear, which gracefully give way to deeper layers of rich dried fruits, dates, and elegant oak wood. On the palate, the whisky delivers a beautifully smooth, velvet-like, and warming texture that coats the mouth with zero effort. Decadent flavours of luxurious dried fruits, candied orange peel, and rich dates take center stage, flawlessly balanced by a warming wave of winter spices, elegant oak tannins, and a sophisticated hint of fresh ginger. The finish is remarkably long, clean, and rewarding, concluding with lingering notes of toasted nuts, warming wood spice, and a final, distinguished sweet fruit fade.
The immaculate consistency and elevated profile of this small-batch expression are overseen by Glenfiddich’s renowned Malt Master, Brian Kinsman. Brian and his expert blending team treat each 150 cask batch as an individual work of art, meticulously nosing and selecting only the barrels that have achieved peak maturity within the dunnage warehouses. The signature three-month post-blending marrying period in large Portuguese oak tuns is a traditional, labor-intensive step that most modern distilleries bypass, but it remains the secret behind the 18 Year Old’s exceptionally smooth delivery, allowing the robust sherry spice and sweet bourbon vanilla to fuse perfectly.
$225.00
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