Signatory Glenlivet 1981 33 Year

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This 1981 vintage Glenlivet was filled into a Hogshead, cask #9452 and bottled after 33 years at 52.1%. Only 173 bottles were produced by the cask, with just 12 of them coming to Calgary exclusively to KWM. Distilled on the 11th of May 1981 it was bottled on the 19 of January 2015.

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: butterscotch, caramel and creamed honey with floral tones and subtle fruits: melons, pear and lemon drops; vanilla bean, clotted cream and potpourri. 

Palate: toasty, warming and coating with more sugars than the nose let on: barley and Demerara sugars with some licorice; the butterscotch and caramel are still there but the honey is richer, more of a Manuka honey; beeswax emerges with floral tones and vanilla, the fruits are there: white fruits, melon and citrus, but the rich oak and more decadent notes are more dominent.

Finish: big, fruity and coating; loads more sugars, balanced oak, floral tones and fruits.

Comments: the 32 year old, cask 10982 is softer, but this is richer and more decadent.

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