Glenfiddich 14 Years Rich Oak
Glenfiddich on previously unknown territory: This single malt first matured in bourbon and sherry casks and was then finished in American and European virgin oak casks.
Glenfiddich on previously unknown territory: This single malt first matured in bourbon and sherry casks and was then finished in American and European virgin oak casks.
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Nosing
Sweet:
Fruit:
Oak:
Vanilla:
Spices:
Sherry:
Dried Fruit:
Cinnamon:
Honey:
Orange:
Zitrus:
Apple:
Banana:
Date:
Fig:
Floral:
Melon:
Nutmeg:
Peat Smoke:
Herbs:
Tasting
Sweet:
Vanilla:
Nuts:
Oak:
Fruit:
Spices:
Oil:
Sherry:
Raisin:
Walnut:
Dried Fruit:
Honey:
Malt:
Apple:
Caramel:
Chocolate:
Ginger:
Hazelnut:
Pear:
Pepper:
Finish
Oak:
Spices:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Vanilla:
Apple:
Banana:
Clove:
Ginger:
Malt:
Nuts:
Oil:
Peat Smoke:
Pepper:
Seaweed:
Sherry:
Maritime Notes:
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Quality rating of this bottle
3.5
Rate
103
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Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
27. Apr 2015
Nosing:
A complex harmony of fresh fruits and spices. Initial spicy oak notes follow vibrant vanilla and rich dried fruit.
Taste:
Rich and sweet vanilla with a silky texture and elegant hints of fruit. Deeper and richer with time and a subtle nutty character emerges
Finish:
Nuttiness develops into a spicy oak finish.
A complex harmony of fresh fruits and spices. Initial spicy oak notes follow vibrant vanilla and rich dried fruit.
Taste:
Rich and sweet vanilla with a silky texture and elegant hints of fruit. Deeper and richer with time and a subtle nutty character emerges
Finish:
Nuttiness develops into a spicy oak finish.
14. Mar 2016
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Taste:
Finish:
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Taste:
Finish:
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15. Jul 2020
Nosing: 
Light to medium intensity. Oak driven. Light spices, cinnamon and nutmeg. Dark brown sugar, some neutral dried fruit like date or fig.
Taste:
Light intensity arrival. Lacks the richness that the nose promises. Initially sweet, with some fruitiness, pepper heat comes forward over time and the flavour thins out.
Finish:
Short, quite thin, and mostly oaky. A bit disappointing. Some ginger. Drying.
Comment:
I'm pretty sure I haven't had this one before. It's an interesting spin on the standard release Glenfiddich releases I've had before. The nose is actually pretty ok. On the palate it starts to go down hill though. It lacks the intensity it needs, and it gets thin and watery in a hurry. The less said about the finish the better. I'd say it would have been better at higher ABV, but I reckon that oak would have gotten out of control in a hurry.
74/100
Light to medium intensity. Oak driven. Light spices, cinnamon and nutmeg. Dark brown sugar, some neutral dried fruit like date or fig.
Taste:
Light intensity arrival. Lacks the richness that the nose promises. Initially sweet, with some fruitiness, pepper heat comes forward over time and the flavour thins out.
Finish:
Short, quite thin, and mostly oaky. A bit disappointing. Some ginger. Drying.
Comment:
I'm pretty sure I haven't had this one before. It's an interesting spin on the standard release Glenfiddich releases I've had before. The nose is actually pretty ok. On the palate it starts to go down hill though. It lacks the intensity it needs, and it gets thin and watery in a hurry. The less said about the finish the better. I'd say it would have been better at higher ABV, but I reckon that oak would have gotten out of control in a hurry.
74/100
20. Mar 2018
Nosing: 
maple
Taste:
Finish: medium long
Comment: a surprisingly good dram. excellent quality/price ratio! I'm usually more a sherry guy but this was sweet all over. Could see this becoming a daily drinker, especially for the price!
mapleTaste:
Finish: medium long
Comment: a surprisingly good dram. excellent quality/price ratio! I'm usually more a sherry guy but this was sweet all over. Could see this becoming a daily drinker, especially for the price!
20. Jun 2017
16. Jul 2016
Nosing: melon, vanilla, sugar cane, cinnamon
Taste: caramel, honey and spice with light wood bitterness
Finish: dry and medium length
Comment: Lacking a little complexity but a very good dram nevertheless.
Taste: caramel, honey and spice with light wood bitterness
Finish: dry and medium length
Comment: Lacking a little complexity but a very good dram nevertheless.
21. Dec 2016
Nosing: 
Taste: and something a bit soapy.
Finish: Bitter , lots of it, lasts a good while. can detect a hint of 
Comment:
I've had this bottle open for over a year, it seems to have changed a bit over time, used to smell more oaky, now it's more of a savory sweet banana vanilla thing. The taste is very very oaky, they ain't lyin'. Quite bitter. Overall good, and serves as an interesting and different alternative to the 15 YO. I'd enjoy more complexity however, the oak really masks any other stuff that could've been there.
Taste:
and something a bit soapy.Finish: Bitter
, lots of it, lasts a good while. can detect a hint of Comment:
I've had this bottle open for over a year, it seems to have changed a bit over time, used to smell more oaky, now it's more of a savory sweet banana vanilla thing. The taste is very very oaky, they ain't lyin'. Quite bitter. Overall good, and serves as an interesting and different alternative to the 15 YO. I'd enjoy more complexity however, the oak really masks any other stuff that could've been there.
05. Feb 2017
23. Dec 2017
15. Nov 2010
