Glenlivet Nadurra First Fill American Oak
July 2016

Glenlivet Nadurra First Fill American Oak

In another Australian first for our members, The Glenlivet’s sterling Nadurra First Fill American Oak made it’s debut exclusively with the Club in July 2016.

United Kingdom

Colour Light gold

Nose An absolute treat of soft vanilla fudge notes, sweet ripe pears, creamy chocolate, marmalade and cloves. Coconuts and sultanas make an appearance and even a hint of blackberry

Palate A tantalisingly rich delivery to the palate with abundant malt, sweet toasty oak, custard and treacle pudding followed by a tropical mix of juicy pineapple and ripe banana cut with a zesty citrus flourish

Finish Long and satisfying with a balance of barley and oak

Food Match Hearty seafood chowder followed by bread and butter pudding: a perfect winter warmer

Overview

Gaelic for ‘natural’, Nàdurra was launched in 2004 as a cask-strength, non chill-filtered single malt whisky based on the style of whisky enjoyed in the 19th century. As in the old days, the whisky is bottled straight from the cask, and does not undergo any processing such as chill filtration – so you get the real thing as it’s meant to be drunk. All Nàdurras are made in small batches, each at a different ABV as alcohol content varies between casks. The range was originally headed up by the now discontinued 16yo (Hot tip: grab a bottle if you see one of these floating around!) and was recently overhauled to comprise three NAS expressions named after the cask used for maturation; Olorosso, American Oak and Peated Cask.

This was the official Australian launch of the Nàdurra First Fill American Oak and we were privileged to receive a special shipment of the latest batch FF0115. Our main man Jim Murray nearly wet himself when he tasted Batch FF0714, awarding it a massive 95.5/100 while musing “mmm… a sumptuously rich delivery, and though the oils are healthy there is never a threat to the complexity….Red liquorice and treacle pudding fills the mid-ground; walnut oil subtly adds a further oaky presence….a long interweaving between the oak and the barley, although it is the malt which fades faster…. now that is what I call a whisky!”

THE SPECS

Price: $115.00

Age: No Age Statement

ABV: 59.8%

Maturation: Matured in first fill American white oak ex-bourbon casks

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Glenlivet's History

Known as ‘the single malt that started it all’, Glenlivet Distillery was established in 1824 by farmer George Smith and was the first distillery in the Speyside region to be licensed under the new Excise Act of 1823. As we’ve explored in previous months, due to unfavourable legislation Scotland was a hotbed of illegal distillation for much of the 18th and early 19th century but the Excise Act provided a sensible framework upon which to bring the small operators in from the black market and create a scalable industry that has subsequently grown in to the multi-billion dollar powerhouse that it is today.

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Distillery Facts

Region: Speyside

Origin: The Glenlivet Distillery
 Ballindalloch 
Banffshire
 AB37 9DB, Scotland, United Kingdom

Founded: 1824

Water Source: Josie’s Well

Washbacks: 16, Wood

Stills: 7 wash and 7 spirit

Capacity: 10,500,000 litres of alcohol per year

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