Glenfiddich 15-year-old Perpetual Collection VAT 03 / 50.2% / 0.7l
- With annual sales close to 15 million bottles Glenfiddich has been number 1 best-selling single malt whisky for decades.
Product description
With sales of around 15 million bottles, Glenfiddich leads the sales statistics in the single malt category.
In 2022, the company proposed "The Perpetual Collection", four whiskies that are in constant motion in the production process. Their creation used the solera concept typical of Spanish sherry producers. Already in 1998, Glenfiddich's master maltster, Dave Stewart, used it in the production of the legendary 15-year-old version. The solera vat is never completely emptied, after pouring 30-50% of the content, it is immediately refilled with another batch of whisky. "The Perpetual Collection" consists of four whiskies, each blended using two types of barrels. VAT 03 described by the producer as "rich and sweet" is a blend of distillates aged in bourbon barrels (American oak) and sherry barrels (European oak). The whisky is bottled at 50.2% abv.
Nose: complex, pleasant notes of sherry, heather honey, caramel, milk chocolate, vanilla, pralines, plums, black cherries, notes of cinnamon and oak.
Taste: delicate, marzipan, milk chocolate, honey, raisins and sultanas, pears, cinnamon, candied ginger, vanilla pudding, a bit of sherry and oak.
Finish : quite long, with notes of vanilla, honey, cinnamon, cloves, dark dried fruits, sherry and oak.