Review #1275 – The Glenlivet 11yr Signatory Vintage 2007 63.5% ABV 900552

This is an independent bottling of spirit distilled at Glenlivet. It was bottled after 11 years of aging in first fill sherry by Signatory Vintage for The Whiskey Barrel. It was bottled to celebrate their 10th anniversary, and was bottled at cask strength without coloring or filtering.

Review #1275 | Scotch Review #445

Distiller: Glenlivet

Bottler: Signatory Vintage

Selection: Whisky Barrel

ABV: 63.5% ABV

Age: 11 Years

Nose: Coconut, orange marmalade, blueberry, raspberry. Vanilla bean. Syrupy fruits. Tobacco. Really unique.

Taste: Toffee, sulfur, tobacco. Musty, rich with oak. Mild heat, but thick mouth feel. Syrupy, nutty and loaded with toffee, almonds, raspberry, figs and blackberry.

Finish: Long, rich and powerful. A bit hot in the finish. Lots of sulfur, tobacco and almond here. Not as much fruit. More bitter sulfur, with some well integrated oak.

Overall: Excellent up until the finish. A bit hot, a bit try, a bit heavy on the sulfur. Otherwise it is phenomenal. Unfortunately the finish brings it down a bit,

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Rank: 6

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Decoded:

1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.

2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.

3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.

4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have.

5 | Good | Good, just fine.

6 | Very Good | A cut above.

7 | Great | Well above average

8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.

9 | Incredible | An all time favorite

10 | Perfect | Perfect