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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Nosing:
Früchte Vanille
Taste:
Gewürze Malz Süße Karamell
Finish:
Medium with a hint of peat smoke
Comment:
13. Sep 2019
21. Sep 2019
Nosing:
Distinctively fresh and fruity with a hint of pear. Beautifully crafted and delicately balanced.
Taste:
Characteristic sweet, fruity notes. Develops into butterscotch, cream, malt and subtle oak flavours.
Finish:
A long smooth and mellow finish.
Comment:
03. Nov 2020