Glenfiddich 12 Years

With their 12-year-old standard bottling, Glenfiddich helped to establish the single malt whisky category worldwide. Today it is still the best-selling single malt whisky in the world.

With their 12-year-old standard bottling, Glenfiddich helped to establish the single malt whisky category worldwide. Today it is still the best-selling single malt whisky in the world.

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1820
Glenfiddich
Scotland, Speyside
Single Malt Whisky
12 Years
40%
0.7 l
Original bottling
Bourbon, Sherry
Chill filtration - With Artifical colouring - With
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
Calculated from 187 Tasting Notes
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Nosing
Fruit:
Fruit:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Pear:
Pear:
Malt:
Malt:
Apple:
Apple:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Oak:
Oak:
Honey:
Honey:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Green Apple:
Zitrus:
Sherry:
Zitrus:
Green Apple:
Peat Smoke:
Sherry:
Spices:
Herbs:
Alcohol:
Alcohol:
Herbs:
Peat Smoke:
Pineapple:
Pineapple:
Berries:
Nuts:
Berries:
Chocolate:
Grass:
Grass:
Chocolate:
Grape:
Banana:
Peach:
Cinnamon:
Pepper:
Peach:
Orange:
Raisin:
Raisin:
Orange:
Cinnamon:
Banana:
Pepper:
Grape:
Hay:
Floral:
Wheat:
Oil:
Heather:
Nuts:
Blackberry:
Almonds:
Clove:
Plum:
Tropical Fruit:
Melon:
Medicinal Smoke:
Dried Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Spices:
Tropical Fruit:
Clove:
Plum:
Almonds:
Oil:
Wheat:
Heather:
Floral:
Melon:
Medicinal Smoke:
Blackberry:
Hay:
Tasting
Sweet:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Fruit:
Malt:
Malt:
Oak:
Oak:
Spices:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Pear:
Pear:
Spices:
Nuts:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Oil:
Oil:
Apple:
Peat Smoke:
Apple:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Honey:
Honey:
Sherry:
Alcohol:
Alcohol:
Sherry:
Green Apple:
Herbs:
Green Apple:
Herbs:
Lemon:
Lemon:
Peat Smoke:
Pepper:
Pepper:
Chili:
Chili:
Barley:
Barley:
Grapefruit:
Hazelnut:
Raisin:
Herb:
Heather:
Hay:
Almonds:
Floral:
Grapefruit:
Cinnamon:
Almonds:
Floral:
Cinnamon:
Hay:
Heather:
Raisin:
Hazelnut:
Nuts:
Herb:
Ginger:
Chocolate:
Mint:
Iodine:
Ginger:
Pineapple:
Cake:
Cake:
Maritime Notes:
Medicinal Smoke:
Mint:
Grape:
Leather:
Walnut:
Maritime Notes:
Grass:
Banana:
Plum:
Grape:
Plum:
Banana:
Orange:
Pineapple:
Dark Chocolate:
Walnut:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Leather:
Grass:
Medicinal Smoke:
Iodine:
Orange:
Finish
Oak:
Oak:
Malt:
Malt:
Fruit:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Spices:
Fruit:
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Nuts:
Oil:
Oil:
Alcohol:
Alcohol:
Pear:
Pear:
Chili:
Chili:
Herb:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Pepper:
Pepper:
Herb:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Sherry:
Sherry:
Apple:
Honey:
Almonds:
Honey:
Apple:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Peach:
Almonds:
Peach:
Barley:
Wheat:
Ginger:
Dark Chocolate:
Plum:
Tropical Fruit:
Tropical Fruit:
Lemon:
Hazelnut:
Hay:
Ginger:
Lemon:
Wheat:
Hazelnut:
Floral:
Plum:
Dark Chocolate:
Barley:
Hay:
Leather:
Green Apple:
Green Apple:
Leather:
Floral:

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dcatinella
19. Mar 2016
Nosing:

Taste: Hay Grass Barley Alcohol Spices

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TheGreatMothra
07. Jan 2017
Nosing: Green Apple Pineapple Vanilla
Fruity. Like apple/pineapple juice from concentrate. Vanilla

Taste: Fruit Caramel Pineapple Spices
Sweet and fruity. Candied pineapple. Creamy with peppery spice.

Finish: Fruit Oak
Short to medium, fruity with some oak showing through. Finishes slightly sour.

Comment:
I picked this up in a half bottle format just to try. I think this is a good standard release and at a fair price. It lacks a bit of intensity on the palate for my tastes and I found the finish a little disappointing. I'd definitely say it was a good beginner's malt though, it's quite approachable and readily available.
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Suzanne1967
10. May 2015
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