Glenfiddich Special Bot.1950s
$2,700.00
75cl / 40%
Description
Glenfiddich Special Bot.1950s
75cl / 40%
A 1950s release of Glenfiddich’s Special single malt whisky, marked on the bottle as a Pure Malt.
It is for these kinds of bottles that with the Malt Maniacs, we started to use the acronym ‘NAS’. Indeed, No Age Statement. We’ve only ever tried this triangular expression at 43% vol., so this is a first indeed. By the way, the tube states ‘Special Reserve’ while the bottle would rather use the wording ‘Special Old Reserve’. Goes to show how meaningful those terms are. Colour: light gold. Glenfiddich Special Bot.1950s
Nose: these Glenfiddichs always make you think of barley and overripe apples and pears at first. Always, this is no exception. Then there would be some metallic touches, some mashed grains and vegetables, a feeling of light peat that wasn’t uncommon in Glenfiddich, and just greengages, both preserved and as jam. Ripe plums that fell to the ground. Mouth: it’s hit-or-miss with these bottles but this is hit. Awesome fresh barley and malt, chef’s apple pie, pilsner, earth, teas, leaves… Very very good, and not even thin at 40% vol. No wonder they became #1. Glenfiddich Special Bot.1950s
Finish: not even short. Lovely jams and teas, with an earthy and very remotely smoky aftertaste. Comments: the thing is, at that time we would have tended to underestimate both Glenfiddich as ‘Pure Malt’ and Johnnie Walker as ‘blended Scotch’, simply because they had become extremely dominant in the market. But when we try those old bottles today, honestly, we can only laugh at ourselves…
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