Glenlivet 14 Year Cognac Cask Selection

Very impressive! It is sweet without being overwhelming. This is one of my favorites.

It's a nice medium amber. I smell grape and berries, followed by spice and vanilla. The taste is of a full-bodied spice, definitely cinnamon in there. There's cherry, raisin, orange and dark chocolate. There is a lingering bite at the back of the throat, but it's warming. I found it overall improved with a little water.

Sweet and rounded. Cognac barrel adds to this. @ %40 no water needed. Just a great example of what Glenlivet do. My favourite distillery.

Nose: heavy honey, apple, pear, peaches, faint malt and grape jam notes. Very light hint of pepper. Taste: malt, apple, pear. Slight vanilla cream note that immediately collapses into condensed grape jam. Heavy sweet honey finish with a bit of oak spice. It is better than Glenlivet 12 from my memory. A lot more dense flavor. But tbh it’s probably not worth the price at $50. 40 is probably a better price point. Loses some points because it’s supposed to be a step up from the standard, maybe for more developed palettes and it fails in that job