Tasting Notes: Glenfiddich 18 Year

Glenfiddich 18 Year (Scottish Speyside Single Malt Whisky: 18 Years : 40% ABV)

Visual: Dark bronzed red, slight cherry liquor in colour.

Viscosity: Mix of fast and middling streaks of medium thickness.

Nose: Slight dust, mashed cherries and sherry. Moderate oak, toffee. Lightens but doesn’t overly expand with water. Grapes.

Body: Smooth fudge and toffee, vanilla comes out with water. Sweet syrup and light lemon freshness with a touch not unlike iced doughnuts.

Finish: Light charring and rising alcohol, bitter chocolate. Raspberries and brown sugar come out with water.

Conclusion: A very smooth whisky, fudge and toffee sweetness laced through its gentle core. Considering its age it doesn’t seem to play a wide range, but it is smooth and tasty. The alcohol is subtle, and it is no way a harsh dram.

Not one I find very exciting though, I definitely wouldn’t complain if I was offered a glass, but if I was picking something with this many years on it id probably look elsewhere.

Well rounded and sweet, another whisky that far from offends, but does not excite.

(Note: After trying a couple of whiskies that night, I found I was picking up less notable flavours on all of them, so its possible that either the room was a tad too cold to get the whisky roaming the air, or I was not quite on tasting form.  Whiskies I had enjoyed previously I still enjoyed, so I decided the reviews should be accurate enough to put up, but I may not have got the full range down)