Glenfiddich Age of Discovery Bourbon Cask 19 Year

Color: Medium Amber, oily and viscous Nose: The nose starts off Classic Glennfiddich with darker fruits like blackberry, dark cherry, and almonds. A vast sweetness and vanilla with an oaky leather sent. Typical of a well aged speyside. Pallet: neat, a very delicate velvet mouth feel with flavors of red fruit jelly and sweetness. A fair amount of peppery spice with cloves and cinnamon sugar. Reminiscent of a fruit filled sugar doughnut. Finish: the finish is short with a slight memory of the oak and a long delightful aftertaste of juicy fruits and sweetness. Overall a fantastic delightful and delicate whisky Glennfiddich has always been a quality scotch whisky and this 19 year old bourbon barrel expression is no exception. Very well worth having on your shelf.

Second Nose (added water): The water definitely smoothed out the nose a lot. It’s much softer than the first nose. The aroma of flowers and green grasses appear. The fruits appear but ripe dry fruits as well as the barley. Second pallet (water added): Very soft and more thin of course. The water takes the spice down quite a bit. If Neat is too much for you then adding the water made this more approachable. The pallet opened up to a more feminine floral grassy flavor with barely coming to the front. Second finish: is much shorter. It leaves the flavor or green grasses behind. It is a tad on the dry side with water added.

First Nose: heavy cherry and vanilla coming off the top with a slight clove hint underneath. Very slight peaty aroma but as it’s a Speyside that’s not surprising. Deeper in is some cinnamon and ginger. Almost zero alcohol tennis coming off the nose. First pallet: it starts off very approachable quite soft with a nice sweetness. You can definitely get the bourbon vanilla and caramel, toffee notes that are big and rich right off the bat. It then begins to open into a nice spice of clove and ginger with a small amount of cinnamon. Finish: medium the spice fades to a fruity dried peal of apple and pears.

So smooth!