SailorPete
Glenlivet 16 Year Nàdurra First Fill American Oak
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
January 15, 2022
This 16 year old NADURRA pale golden in colour and long legs on the glass, was a bit of a strange one for me initially, cask strength (63.3% I think …… I might be slightly off the mark now as the bottle is now completed and dead so I can’t check) the initial hit of alcohol was brutal. However, give it some time in the glass to open up and you were treated to wonderful honey and butter scotch hints of vanilla and light tropical fruits which surprised me at how subtle they were given the sledgehammer of cask strength alcohol. The platelet was surprisingly refined and delicate with a complexity worthy of its 16 years in the cask. A good solid run of again, sublime and not over powering oak followed by the sweet honey and barely coming through along with some candied zesty fruits and I was getting custard cream biscuits (weirdly). The finish wasn’t long but was pleasant leaving lingering heat a bit pepper but mostly a sweet caramel….. wonderful really. I really enjoyed this bottle (I am a fan of the NADURRA anyway) but am definitely in the market for another of these.
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