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Glenlivet Nàdurra Oloroso Matured
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
May 3, 2021 (edited October 16, 2023)
OL0614 bottled at 60.7% abv. The maturation in oloroso casks gives this a rich nose of raisin, Fig Newton, vanilla, brown butter and just a bit of young oak. It’s like the aroma of warm maple syrup - if it was made from raisins.
Thick mouthfeel and swell of spice and heat (should have seen that coming) and then almost straight cream sherry for minutes at a time. The first 2 seconds make me think caramel-sweet bourbon more than malt but there is some toasted malt character. Before I can decide what the sweet element reminds me most of a kick of wood, clove cherry and cinnamon swell and then a freight train of raisin, salted caramel, oak and browned butter drag me along for miles. A bit of nuttiness sneaks into the finish a likely from the oxidation of oloroso. Fantastic.
I love this. I genuinely enjoy the >120 proof, the heat and the viscosity. I’ve never met a scotch like this, although I’m guessing Arbeloue A’bundah would be close. The catch is this is $70 instead of $100 and I’m not sure I could be more pleased. If I could be then it will cost me...
Some will no doubt be turned off by the heat but this dram makes rewards those who dare. The malt character is a bit lost in all the Sherry and might disappoint some but I believe it reveals itself briefly in the flicker between palate and finish. It’s incredibly sweet and might best follow a meal but I crave this enough to pour it on an empty stomach after work.
[Crowd chants] “Sherry, Sherry, Sherry” and then they throw gas on the fire.
70.0
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