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Glenfiddich Project XX
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
September 21, 2018 (edited September 24, 2018)
Nose - Dark apple juice, light cinnamon, candied ginger, raisins, prunes, honey.
Taste - White pepper/ginger spice/heat/tingle, honey, raisins, golden raisins, faint clove, cinnamon, light metallic, baked apples.
Finish - Lingering lightly oaky white pepper/ginger heat, lingering honey, golden raisin sweet, apple skin/core bitter.
Score - 86/100
Final Thoughts - This is an interesting Glenfiddich with an interesting concept of marrying 20 completely random casks together. On paper, it looks as if you'd just get a giant hot mess, but this somehow works in its own way. There's a nice balance of sweet port/sherry balanced with ex-bourbon to give this nice vanilla/fruit balance. I've only tried this neat, but I could see this at a slightly higher proof and NCF doing well in a cocktail that hightlights the spicy ginger aspects of this. Maybe something as simple as a highball.
Would I drink it if offered? - Yes
Would I specifically order it? - Maybe
Would I buy a bottle? - Maybe, I need to try more of the bottle to see if it's really worth it
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@PBMichiganWolverine - I'm not sure which batch I got since I don't really see where that's specified anywhere on the bottle :/
@washeewashee nice review. Did you have batch 1 or 2? I loved batch 1, thought batch 2 was “meh”