Glenlivet Nàdurra 16 Years Old Batch 0407C 59.7% NV

Distillery	Glenlivet
Bottler	OB
Serie	Nàdurra
Bottled for	X
Distilled date	NV
Bottling date	04.2007
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside
Age	16
Cask Type	First-Fill American Oak Casks
Cask Number	Batch 0407C
Alcohol percentage	59.7
Volume	0,70
Condition	In original container
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (88)

We really liked the first Nàdurra when it was first launched at high strength (89) but a version at 48% was a little less convincing (80). Colour: pale gold. Nose: very punchy at first sniffs, with big vanilla and big oak plus quite some fresh butter and big citrusy notes (lemon zests) but it doesn’t quite develop after that, probably because it’s so high in alcohol. Water should help... Yes, it got fresher, even more citrusy and minty, sort of reminding us of a great Rosebank or Bladnoch. Also rather big notes of dill, aniseed and liquorice and then nougat and praline. Very, very well made, this Nàdurra. Mouth (neat): very punchy, very sweet, very vanilled and very citrusy, with a big oakiness (spices). Very big whisky, quite hot and a tad hard to enjoy at almost 60%. With water: that worked excellently. Great sweetness, oranges, tangerines and lemons as well as ginger and always quite some vanilla. Lemon pie? Finish: medium long but quite coating, still smoothly citrusy and gingery. In short, a rather “modern’ whisky, not exactly complex but perfectly assertive and balanced. Lemon-flavoured barley sugar?

Malt Fascination (89)

Sniff:
Light but strong. Amazingly fruity with all kinds of yellow and orange stuff. Fresh orange, crispy apple, star fruit and pineapple. Some notes of barley and a whiff of peppermint. A sweet note of icing sugar.

Sip:
The palate, even though it sits almost at 60% alcohol, starts rather gently. Give it a second or ten though, and the heat starts building, and building. Still very fruity and light, but slightly more sweet than it was on the nose. Moving away from crisp notes of star fruit and more toward a banana. Notes of tinned pineapple, some orange and apple remain.

Swallow:
The finish leaves a burning sensation on your tongue, with fruity notes and some sweet vanilla and icing sugar. Banana, tinned pineapple, apple. Quite lovely.

As said, when this came out it was a belter. A decade and a half later, and being ridiculously spoiled in the meantime, it still is. This one was, and is, punching way above its price point.