1996 Signatory Vintage The Un-Chillfiltered Collection Glenlivet 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Drawn from a first fill sherry butt and bottled without chill filtration. If you're looking for a well priced sherry-hit with age, this should be on your shortlist. Four out of five stars from Malt Maniac, Serge Valentin.

Other reviews... Colour: dark amber. Nose: not my first lovely middle-aged sherried Glenlivet by Signatory Vintage. This one’s moderately gamy/meaty, but it’s got tobacco and smoked teas, plus a molassy rumness and a touch of mint. A Jamaican-Andalusian Glenlivet? Sort of. Really like the oranges and the toffee-ed raisins. Mouth: perfect. Pipe tobacco, orange liqueur, drops of Demerara rum, overripe apples, then more drying chocolate. Van Houten’s old cocoa powder. Nice grassy tropical fruits. Mango skin, perhaps? Finish: medium, a wee tad drying, but the grassy/orangey freshness works well. A touch of ham and drying oak in the aftertaste. Comments: excellent, as expected. Only the slightly drying finish didn’t please me as much. 46% Alc./Vol. 86 points - Serge Valentin, www.whiskyfun.com