Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Reserve

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The "Glenlivet" name, I read recently, is a must in any collection! This is the 15 year old & no regrets here!
I wish they presented it, with maybe 43% ABV:
A nice deep gold colour & slow runners around the glencairn.
Pleasant in every way, a fresh wood & vanilla nose, apple, warming mouthfeel and a great finish - 100%, an easy all night sipper. Worth the price!

Nose

Magnificent, gentle fresh vanilla, some apple peel.

Palate

Full & warming, vanilla, wood, creamy

Finish

Really hangs on, sweetish & fresh wood, a gentle spice & mildly nutty.

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Great 15yo

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Light smokiness. Lighter in flavor. Smooth, easy drinking.

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This whisky is very gentle.
Summer fruits are very apparent on the nose. The palate start fruity and sweet, and develops in vanilla creaminess and a hint of oak.
The finish is soft, and medium at best

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1e whiskey. met ijs. prima te doen.

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Nose sweet vanilla, taste light oak and sweet vanilla. Soft short medium aftertaste. Easy starter.

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Haju: muistuttaa villevallatonta eli päärynän toffeinen ripauksella appelsiinia höystettynä piparmintulla.
Maku: kermainen, hieman mausteinen, pehmeä

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My 8th whisky. I liked this one far better than the founder's reserve. Much more body. I liked the winter spices taste in it. Tasted a bit like marzipan (my favourite seasonal sweet threat)

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Zoet, lekker amandel spijs achting

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Promising smell and disappointing taste
Nose: sweetness, cream, and a little wood
Taste: harsh black pepper mixed with sweetness covering oak and woody notes
Finish short

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Sweet floral, slight spicy and well balanced.

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Bardzo smaczna i bardzo pijalnia whisky. owocowa i delikatna to mój smak.

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encorpado, suave e frutado, excelente

Nose

Mel e frutas vermelhas

Palate

suave, doce e um pouco picante

Finish

fica um pouco da pimenta, baunilha e frutas

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Fine and quite unusual taste. Fruity and soft oak.

Nose

Soft and sweet, raisins, buttery nuts and almonds. Vanilla. Light roasted oak. Spicy.

Palate

Peppery, spices, nuts. Vanilla and soft oak.

Finish

Spicy oak, but mild.

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smooth easy drink whisky.

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An interesting soft nose with hints of vanilla and some richer fruits. Very smooth on the palate, a very light clove and some spice but more vanilla notes and a fruit note resembling something like lychee. An interesting dram that I wouldn't say no to trying again, though probably not one I would buy myself.

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nice straight whisky

Nose

very sweet with oak and sherry

Palate

very fruity with cherries, sherry, dark chocolate behind that, smooth

Finish

long and warm in the stomack

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Delikatna w zapachu, ostra w smaku.

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Es una malta para principiantes, lo mejor su bouquet, sus 15 años no le entregan suficiente carácter.

Nose

En nariz etérea vainilla.

Palate

En boca pobres sensaciones cítricas.

Finish

El final es corto y amaderado.

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Oak very bold. Sweet. Lingering. Easy drinking with medium to long finish.

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Unremarkable, bitter oak finish

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Caramel, vanilla, red apple, malt, grapes and buttered toast. Good value for money and a solid, slightly more spicy upgrade from Glenlivet 12yo.

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Can't go wrong with this one...smooth and buttery ..

Nose

Rich Fruity nose, caramel and maybe apple and grapefruit

Palate

Fruity, sweet, buttery and smooth

Finish

short finish for me..spiceness tasting a hint of grapefruit at the very end.

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Livet 15 and Fiddich 15 offer interesting contrast at similar price and aging. Fiddich makes denser, bolder first impression eith dark fruits and toffee, but Livet has a more complex and interesting mid palate to finish with lighter and more citric orangy accents with gentle sweetness. Neither has the clarity of palate combined with maturity of Highland Park 18, but both are good drams at 1/3 the price and worthy whisky to be in rotation.

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heerlijke afdronk van vanille

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The French oak makes this one pop

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Spicy. semi sweet, a little tart. Warming. lingering finish

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Granny Smith, oak and sawdust dominate the nose and taste. Good mouth feel and finishes with some tannins on the back of the tongue.

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Complicated whisky with good taste of different spices

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møje frukt smak me litt oak smag, møje bedre en 12

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Nice nose. medium body, with a shorter finish. Not bad for a 15.

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Sweet, mature Speyside

Nose

Honey

Palate

Licorice, pepper, oak

Finish

Licorice

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Good feel flavour am round

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Starts soft with a bite

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very nice dry oaky taste. quite bitter finish

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sehr feiner Whisky. Teilweise überdecken die Einflüsse der französischen Eiche seine natürlichen Fruchtaromen

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.

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good

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nice dram

Nose

oak, pepper, spices, light fruits

Palate

sweet, pepper, oak

Finish

soft, caramel, wood

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Notes of vanilla and oak with a warm spicy finish.
Very smooth and tasty.

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Pleasant dram, tad heavy on the peppery oak, cutting the palate short.

Nose

Vanilla fudge, creamy, pleasant acidity with a subtle woodiness.

Palate

Winter spice;cinnamon and cloves, thick oak. Pepper develops early, growing into the finish.

Finish

The finish is long and dry with a peppery note.

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spicey oak. pleasant sweetness

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Very Nice. hot, cooling about 2 minutes in entire dinner and desert.

Nose

Breath of Heaven 2
8 minutes airtime
fruity, grain alcohol

Palate

ghost pepper, cinnamon, peat, hops, apple, pear, buttered corn, Sherry, oak, menthol medium burn, wheatgrass, rye light burn, balsamic vinegar,

Finish

pink champagne slightly dry

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Fruit, oak, a hint of sherry.......and vomit. I really want to like Highland Single malts, but they all taste gross to me.

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One of my favorite whiskeys. It put the cherry on top of a memorable night for me in Seattle!

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very good

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Not an expert, but:

Honey, orange, almond on nose.
Dark gold in color.
Oak taste with a spicy finish.

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Rich may be the best description of this smooth and deep dram. It is very warming and spicy, rich. The nose is nutty and spicy. The palate is warm, smooth and has a deep oakiness. It's slightly earthy, with a decent finish, mainly spice and a little sweetness. A very nice and full-bodied whisky, this is good for warming the soul on any night.

Nose

Nutty, spicy, sweet.

Palate

Sweet, spicy, oaky.

Finish

Spicy and sweet, quite long.

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Fresh and oaky, well-balanced

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very good smell

Nose

phenol almond honey

Palate

good body phenol honey fruits species

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top

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comparable to the dewar's 12 ancesters. a very good whisky.

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This 40% Speysider is chill filtered and coloured and spent 15 years on French oak.
The result on your nose is a sweet and rich nutty fruityness of honey, almond, pear and apple. After bottle opening a little acidic but after a while some oaky smoke takes over.
The taste is soft and sherry sweet with a buttery and nutty spiced oak.
Finish is highly enjoyable with again a nutty spiced oak.
Not a game changer but it probably would have been better with a higher abv.

76 points.

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Wood and oak with some clove. Palate leaves a slight tingle. Smooth with slight burn.

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smooth. easy with ice and orange

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Definite fave for me.

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great for the price, smooth dram

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smooth and dry

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This taste reminds me of my girlfriend

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Worth it

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smooth.

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Never fails

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Quaffable