Bottling Notes:
Gordon & MacPhail’s Private Collection range features a truly exceptional and unique collection of greatly aged single malts from a mixture of celebrated, little-known and now closed distilleries across Scotland. Personally selected by members of the Urquhart family, each release is a unique and exquisite chapter in Scotland's whisky history. Glenlivet 1978 is one of these casks
Cask Type: Refill Sherry Hogshead
Cask Number: 9044402
Distilled: 30th August 1978 Bottled: 9th December 2021
Limited: 330 bottles
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Stewed raisin aromas, combine with orange peel and faint notes of beeswax polish. Baked spiced apples give way to vanilla pod and soft nutmeg
Palate: Cinnamon spice and followed by marmalade and toasted almonds. Roasted coffee beans come to the fore, leading to Morello cherry and hazelnuts.
Finish: Along finish with sultanas and sweet Sherry influences
54.3% ABV
70cl