Craigellachie Hotel of Speyside / Glenlivet, 2002 Single Cask Bottling

Craigellachie Hotel of Speyside

Craigellachie

Glenlivet, 2002 Single Cask Bottling

ABV 59.1%
REVIEWED Issue 33

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Specifications

Brand: Craigellachie, The Glenlivet
Expression: Glenlivet, 2002 Single Cask Bottling
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 59.1%
Country/Region: Scotland / Speyside
Bottling type: Independent Bottling

Awards

Recommended
Issue 33

Tasting notes

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Mature and weighty. Dried fruits, crushed hazelnut, old apples, treacle toffee, honey cakes (baklava), walnut, tobacco pouch, polished oak.
Palate: Good weight. Treacle, dried fruits, walnut. Hints of resin balanced by appley fruit. Broadens as it goes.
Finish: This is is where it all happens. Highly complex.
Comment: Fascinating comparison with the Murray McDavid example. A different personality but equally good.

8.5

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Apricot jam filling in a sponge sandwich. Madeira cake. Vanilla pod. Cinnamon. Spicy dryness.
Palate: Intense spiciness and fruit. Sherry trifle. Peaches marinated in whisky.
Finish: Sweetness rounded by drier flavours. Bitter chocolate. Peppermint creams. Restrained alcohol.
Comment: Very sherryish, but just enough of the Glenlivet's fruity-flowery character sings through. Beautifully judged.

8.5

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