Single Malt Cask First Fill American Barrel Cask No 9090 24YO (((Bottled 2023)))
⏳ Drikkevindue
Enjoy now; as a fully matured spirit, it does not age further in the bottle but will remain in peak condition for decades if stored properly.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Dark chocolate, roasted venison, aged Gouda cheese
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
This rare single cask expression from The Glenlivet showcases the profound synergy between Speyside's signature elegant spirit and decades of maturation in a first-fill American oak barrel. Distilled and matured for 24 years before being bottled in 2023, this whisky represents the pinnacle of Glenlivet's wood management. The use of a first-fill American white oak barrel imparts intense notes of creamy vanilla, rich caramel, and sweet coconut, beautifully layering over the distillery's classic orchard fruit and floral character. Historically, George Smith's distillery in the remote Glenlivet valley produced a style of whisky so coveted that even King George IV demanded it by name during his 1822 visit to Scotland. Single cask releases like this offer a pure, unadulterated glimpse into a single moment in the distillery's history, preserved at natural cask strength.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
The Glenlivet blev grundlagt i 1824 af George Smith i den afsidesliggende Livet Valley og var det første lovlige destilleri i sognet efter vedtagelsen af The Excise Act i 1823. Destilleriet ligger højt i Speyside og henter sit rene, mineralrige vand fra Josie's Well, hvilket danner grundlag for en langsom og kontrolleret gæringsproces. The Glenlivet er berømt for sine karakteristiske lanterneformede kobberkedler med lange, slanke halse, der sikrer en intens kobberkontakt og et højt tilbageløb. Denne særlige konstruktion resulterer i et bemærkelsesværdigt elegant, esterdrevet og floralt destillat, kendetegnet ved fine signaturnoter af grønne æbler, modne pærer og blomstrende frugttræer. Fadlagringen spænder vidt fra klassiske bourbonfade af amerikansk hvideg og europæiske sherryfade til fransk Limousin-eg samt innovative aftapninger som Caribbean Reserve. Destilleriet ejes i dag af Pernod Ricard under Chivas Brothers og står fortsat som et globalt referencepunkt for den klassiske single malt-tradition i Speyside.
🍇 Hovedingrediens
Malted Barley