Glenlivet Nàdurra Oloroso Matured

Color: Light maple. Palate: Intense cherry, cinnamon, roasted almonds. Sweet sherry notes predominate with honeysuckle blooms. Palate: Not quite a sherry bomb, but heavy on the dry Oloroso notes. Light and delicate Glenlivet character, with honey and orchard fruits, balanaces it well. Finish: Spicy cloves, cocoa powder, and ginger shavings. Rich and short and a little hot. Diluted: Nose is all hot apple pie, and the palate is even more! Fruit, cinnamon, and spice. Finish still a little short, showing the youth.

I got couple bottles while they last in shop, I looked forward to tasting this, though worries this probably younger spirit don't deliver (despite heavy oloroso finishing). The colour is nice, dark and by the whirl you can see the higher ABV. Luckily, it didn't disappointed me. I could imagine leaving this in european oak for like six years would do great to balancing the intense sherry in this whisky. Nose: Bit pungent, slight hint of acetone hidden in over-riped fruits like apple, pear, apricot. Oak grove with plenty of red-berries recently trampled over with animals after a rain. Taste: Edgy young start branching to the heavy red wine & apricots, touch of old oak planks (yeah, oloroso cask did quite a job). This has sherry written all around it. Finish: Slowly fading oak and sherry.

Sample from Jared. Delicious

Mildly peaty, spicy lingering finish