Founded as “Dufftown-Glenlivet Distillery,” this Speyside distillery is currently owned by Diageo. Once used as a mill, the building was converted in 1896, and today the distillery operates six stills and has a capacity of 4,000,000 liters per year.  

• AGED: 15 years
• DISTILLED ON: December 9, 1997 
• BOTTLE ON: January 14, 2013 
• MATURED IN: Hogshead
• CASK NO: 19487
• ALC: 46%

 

• COLOR: Amber
• NOSE: Slightly spicy and drying, overall. Toffee apples and hints of honeycomb. Becomes fruitier: ripe autumn fruits combined with red berry sharpness. Some golden syrup sweetness. Reassuringly well balanced. Adding water brings up a waxier note initially, with traces of sweet chestnut and and then a whiff of smoke or charred wood.
• TASTE: Without water, the flavor is sweet to start then drying in the finish. Warming, light and smooth; tending to delicate. Fresh fruit with spicy top notes.
• FINISH: Drying. Pears and digestive biscuits, then delicately spiced with notes of cinnamon.