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Glenlivet
Whisky: Glenlivet 1970-2009
Serie: Rare Auld
Age: 39 years
Type: Single malt
   
Distilled: 02-1970
Bottled: 09-2009
Cask Type: Oak
Cask #: 2002
Bottle #: 14/110
Strength: 54.3%
   
Distillery: Glenlivet Distillery
Bottler: Duncan Taylor & Co.
Country: Scotland: Speyside
   
 
Date: 17-01-2010
Nose: Faint, thin, sour, slightly rancid, grapes, fresh, some flowers.
Flavour: Slightly rancid, fat, grain, red berries,wood, a little dynamic, white grapes.
Body: Dry, oily, stimulating, long superb and dynamic finish.
Comments: It needs a little time to settle in your mouth, but when it has, it get's better by the second. In the end you'll be completely submerged in the experience and will have to remind yourself to breath once in a while.
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