Name: Glenfiddich Experimental Series - Winter Storm (Batch 1) ~GP~~ - Bottega™ Whiskey
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Glenfiddich Experimental Series – Winter Storm (Batch 1) ~GP~~

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Glenfiddich Experimental Series – Winter Storm (Batch 1)

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Glenfiddich Winter Storm Batch 1 – Experimental Series # 03 – Bottled: 2017

Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky – 8000 Bottles
Age: 21 Years

Alcohol By Volume (ABV): 43%
Maturation: Probably Ex-Bourbon with ca. 6 months Canadian Ice wine Cask Finish
Chill Filtration: Yes

Glenfiddich was founded in Dufftown in 1886 by William Grant. It’s one of the few distilleries that is still in the hands of the founder’s family. In the year 1963 it became the first whisky that was marketed worldwide as a Single Malt. It was the first Single Malt to appear in the Travel Retail and Duty Free shops as well and the chance is huge that Glenfiddich was your first Single Malt. It was mine! It is also the first distillery that opened a visitor centre, back in 1969. The current core range consists of the 12, 15, 18, 21, 26, 30 and 40 years old.

The Winter Storm was first released in October 2017. Glenfiddich’s Malt Master Brian Kinsman got the inspiration when he visited the Ice wine producing Peller Estates Winery near Niagara in Canada. The grapes for this wine are picked during the Canadian Winter in January. The grapes need to be very hard and are harvested at moonlight at minus 10 degrees C. Working together with Mr. Craig McDonald, Peller’s VP of Winemaking, Brian experimented with several French Oak Ice wine casks, filling them with Glenfiddich aged Malts of different ages for up to 6 months. It appeared that only the older whiskies (21 Years) could cope with the very sweet Ice wine intensity.

Glenfiddich Experimental Series – Winter Storm (Batch 1)

Region: Speyside

Colour: Golden Amber (Artificially Coloured)

Nose: Light and Sweet. After 21 Years in the various casks, this Whisky deserves an ABV of around 46%. I find this to be a recurrent problem of Glenfiddich’s older and more expensive Single Malts. They really should take a good look at this. Other than that the Nose shows a slightly boring but well-balanced mix of Fruit, Caramel, Wine & Spices. Surprisingly, the Alcohol is not fully integrated.

Aromas: Barley Sugar, German Butter Biscuits, Apple, Pear-Drops, Artificially-Flavoured Fruit-Candies, Grass and Straw, Cinnamon-Spiced Tea, Pepper and Dried Herbs.

Palate: A mix of Sugary-Sweet, Bitter and Sour notes. The Icewine finish is certainly more noticeable here than on the Nose.

Flavours: Sweet Barley, Sugar, Toffee, Caramel, Apples, Artificially Flavoured Fruit Candies (Pear, Melon, Nectarine), Grass & Straw, Seville-Orange, Grapefruit, Oak, Menthol, Pepper, Cinnamon and Ginger.

Finish: Short to Middle-Long and Thin. Almost Sugary Sweet at first but with increasing Bitterness and Sourness towards the Medium Dry end. The Alcohol is noticeable and so is the Wine Finish. I find Sweet Barley, Toffee, Caramel, Vanilla Fudge, White Wine, Oak, Seville-Orange, Grapefruit, Lemon, Apple, Pepper, Cinnamon, Ginger, Milk-Chocolate, Menthol & hints of Salt, cheap Spanish Brandy & Cardboard boxes. The Menthol & Mint seem to almost explode in your throat.

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