Glenlivet 2006 Aged 14 Years Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Signatory Vintage (700ml)
Volume: 700ml ABV: 62.2% Age: 14 Years Old Country: Scotland
Cask Number(s): 901279
Date of Distilling: 12/12/2006
Date of Bottling: 26/04/2021
Matured In: a 1st Fill Sherry Butt
Signatory Vintage are an independent bottler founded in 1988 by Andrew and Brian Symington. The name ‘Signatory’ was derived from the initial intention to find a person of suitable standing to sign the labels for bottles drawn from a single cask. The first cask bottled was a 1968 Glenlivet which quickly sold through long before any suitable signee could be found.
Signatory currently bottle at three strengths: 43%, 46% Unchillfiltered (UCF) and Cask Strength.To add proof of authenticity to their cask strength bottlings, Signatory always include the cask numbers, date of distillation, date of bottling and number of bottles produced.Signatory Vintage’s aim is to offer as wide a range of whiskies as possible, some of which are not even bottled by the proprietary distillery. This allows malt enthusiast to sample the huge variety of subtle differences which occur between casks.
The Glenlivet Distillery is the only Scottish distillery allowed to call itself THE Glenlivet and has done since 1880 due to other distilleries calling their whisky Glenlivet even though they were not situated in ‘the glen’. The water for this distillery is taken from Josies Well which is a local spring near the distillery. This distillery was founded in 1824 completed in 1858, it currently produces 10,200,000 litres of whisky every year and most of that goes into 6,000,000 bottles of The Glenlivet Single Malt which is Americas largest selling single malt. The rest of the whisky produced is used on owners Pernod Ricard’s blended whiskies. The name The Glenlivet is one of the most renowned whiskies in the world. There are a huge range of bottlings and the rarer ones end up in auction and are a big choice for collectors.
This single malt whisky was distilled in 2006 at the Glenlivet Distillery before being placed in 1st fill Sherry Butt and left to mature for no less than 14 years. It was bottled in 2021 at 62.2% ABV as part of the Signatory Vintage Cask Strength Collection.
Our Tasting Notes
Nose: Dried dark fruits of plum, fig and raisin combine with honey sweetness and hints of orchard fruits. The oak sits nicely and balances the fruity notes.
Palate: Chocolate Swiss roll and stemmed ginger at first there’s big bursts of matured Sherry, liquorice Allsorts and polished oak.
Finish: Tobacco and dried dark fruits, cocoa and spiced oak.
