Whisky Douglas Laing, Glenlivet 16 Years Old, 1995, gift box, 0.7 L
Tasting Notes
Whiskey amber.
The taste of the whiskey is filled with notes of caramel, stewed fruit, marmalade nuances, grapefruit rind and black pepper. The aftertaste leaves notes of cherry and oak.
The aroma of whiskey felt notes of cocoa butter, toffee apple, nutmeg and pipe tobacco.
Whisky fine pure as digestives in combination with coffee and cigar.
Interesting Facts
Glenlivet 16 Years Old, 1995 - single malt whiskey distilled on the Glenlivet distillery in September 1995 and stood in a barrel of sherry for 16 years, until March 2012. In whiskey production process and is colored caramel does not undergo cold filtration. Pouring whiskey in a series of "Old Malt Cask" Company undertook Douglas Laing. The release of only 299 bottles.
A collection of "Old Malt Cask" is of the best spirits of different regions of Scotland. Barrels of the highest quality for this collection personally selects from the warehouses of the company Hunter Laing. Whiskey is bottled at the optimal time to "catch" and demonstrate the unique properties of each instance.
"Glenlivet" - second in the world in terms of sales of single malt, which comes on the market of 6 million bottles per year. "Glenlivet" is the best-selling whiskey in the United States, ranked fourth in the UK with 7% market share. One of the oldest in Scotland, the plant was built in 1824 by George Smith, a farmer and an expert in the Latin language and architecture. He was the first among winemakers who has applied for an official license to produce whiskey after the enactment of legislation in 1823. This provoked the hatred of neighbors who tried to burn the distillery, and even made an attempt on the life of George Smith. For this reason the Lord Aberlauer George Smith issued a pair of pistols, currently kept in the museum distillery as evidence the fact that the Glenlivet was the favorite drink of the strong King George IV. Now the plant is sufficiently broad range of products, including seven regular releases.
Company Douglas Laing and Co, headed today brothers Fred and Stewart Laing, was founded by their father, Fred Douglas in 1948. Brothers successfully expanded the product range and entered the world market with great samples. The peculiarity of the company is a huge stock of different malts past 50 years. Douglas Laing and Co produces single malt whiskey and odnobochkovoy and blended.
