I really like these Experimental series for a couple of reasons. One is that the distilleries show more of what they can do with their whisky and have the courage to do what independent bottlers have been doing to the distilleries whisky for some time. Another is that some really great whiskies come out of it just like this Glenfiddich Winter Storm.
Winter Storm is the 3rd in the Experimental serie from Glenfiddich and has a finish in Ice wine casks from a Canadian winery.
The French oak Ice wine casks are from the Peller Estate in Niagara, Ontario. Ice wine is a sweet desert wine made from grapes that are picked at night at -10*C and pressed while still frozen.
The story goes that among the whiskies Glenfiddich tried the Ice wine casks on for the finish, only the older whiskies matched up the sweetness of the Ice wine with the tannins from the long time in american oak. That is why the 3rd whisky in the Expirimental serie ended up being 21 years old.
By the way, this is also the first Scotch whisky that has matured in Ice wine casks as far as I know and that is another interesting point to this whisky.
In my opinion an elegant whisky on the sweet side.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Glenfiddich
๐๐๐ข๐: Winter Storm
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ: Experimental Series #3
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Scotland – Speyside
๐ผ๐๐: 21 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 43
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: Finished in French oak Ice wine casks for 6 months
๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐: No. 2
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: ? (I don’t think so)
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: ?
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 1997
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: March 2018 (release month)
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: Yes (8000 bottles)
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐ ฝ๐ พ๐๐ ด๐
๐: Fruity, oaky, sweet
๐: Honey, vanilla, tropical fruits, citrus, spicy oak
๐: Short, toffee and fresh in a way
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (5/6)
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐๐๐๐๐ ด๐ ผ
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ – ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
๐ฅ – ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ