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Single Malt Scotch
/ The Glenlivet • Speyside, Scotland • 43.0% ABV

The Glenlivet 25 Year (The Sample Room Collection)

8.0
Score out of 10 Based on 12 reviews Latest review
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AI Sensory Summary

"Reviewers frequently note an aroma featuring chocolate, honey, citrus zest, and diverse fruits including plums, berries, and pears, though some also perceive savory sherry or dry tobacco. On the palate, there is broad agreement on flavors of sweet fig, blood orange, charred pineapple, toasted oak, and warming ginger, while individual tasters also report notes of toffee, raisins, baked biscuits, or red fruits. For the finish, reviewers generally describe sweet fruit, gentle spice, and chocolate, though they differ slightly on its duration, with most characterizing it as long and one as medium."

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Cask Finished Cool Climate Matured Bourbon Cask 1st FillPedro Ximénez Cask finish Cognac Cask finish Pot Still Distillation Double Distilled Unpeated
Distillery Note

Finished in first-fill Pedro Ximénez sherry casks.

The Glenlivet 25 Year (The Sample Room Collection)

The Glenlivet 25 Year (The Sample Room Collection)

Whisky ·Single Malt ·Scotch · 43.0%
The Glenlivet · Speyside, Scotland
8.0
/ 10 from 12 reviews Latest review
Community score
No community reviews yet (0/5)
Why people like it, or don't
AI Summary

"Reviewers frequently note an aroma featuring chocolate, honey, citrus zest, and diverse fruits including plums, berries, and pears, though some also perceive savory sherry or dry tobacco. On the palate, there is broad agreement on flavors of sweet fig, blood orange, charred pineapple, toasted oak, and warming ginger, while individual tasters also report notes of toffee, raisins, baked biscuits, or red fruits. For the finish, reviewers generally describe sweet fruit, gentle spice, and chocolate, though they differ slightly on its duration, with most characterizing it as long and one as medium."

Generated with AI from the reviews ·

Cask Finished Cool Climate Matured Bourbon Cask 1st FillPedro Ximénez Cask finish Cognac Cask finish Pot Still Distillation Double Distilled Unpeated
Taste Profile

Finished in first-fill Pedro Ximénez sherry casks.
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Loved for

  • Fruits
  • Pineapple
  • Lemon Zest

Criticized for

  • Oak
  • Sherry
  • Rich

Flavor profile

  • Fruity orange, pineapple, fruits 11/12
  • Sweet & Confectionery sweet, chocolate, jam 11/12
  • Spicy & Herbal ginger, spice, cinnamon 8/12
  • Winey & Oxidized sherry, oloroso, pedro ximenez 8/12
  • Cereal & Nutty malt, biscuits, bread 7/12

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