The Glenlivet Spectra Collection Box Single Malt Scotch Whisky [WA 92-93]

About this Tasting Kit:
The Glenlivet’s signature smooth & fruity style has been reinterpreted into three expressions of a mysterious nature.

Released without tasting notes, age or cask information, The Glenlivet Spectra will challenge your senses and take you on a journey through a spectrum of flavours.

This sensorial tasting experience is brought to life via an immersive digital activation. Pick up a pack and scan the QR code to enter the world of The Glenlivet Spectra.

Bottle #1: Fully Matured in First Fill Sherry Butts and First Fill American Oak Barrels, this whisky exhibits floral notes, smooth and sweet fruit notes of fresh peaches and pears in syrup and vanilla.  The finish is lavish with marzipan, fragrant honey and freshly picked hazelnuts.

Bottle #2: Fully Finished in Ex-Peated Casks, this is fruity, with pleasant smoky aromas of bonfire embers. Tangy marmalade, creamy vanilla toffee.  The finish is long and piquant with intriguing layers of delicate smoke

Bottle #3: Fully Finished in Double Charred casks, this whisky shows sweet honey and cinnamon intermingled with pears dipped in dark chocolate, liquorice The finish is sweet vanilla with a pleasant tang

Awards/Reviews

93 Points - Whisky Advocate (Bottle 1)

"Part of a trio of 20-cl bottles, initially released without tasting notes or maturation details to present an open journey through a “spectrum” of flavors (the reveal came earlier this year). Sherry and American oak-matured Spectra 01 offers notes of hay, lemon zest, mint, pineapple, and melon. The palate reveals darker fruit notes as well as baking spice, chocolate-chip cookies, and tiramisu, leading to a creamy finish of honeyed pastries and angel-food cake."

92 Points - Whisky Advocate (Bottle 2)

"The second Spectra expression in the trio was finished in peated casks. Fragrant whiffs of woodsmoke, fresh meadow, and pleasant waxiness, then lemon cake, ripe mango, green apple slices, green grapes, and manuka honey. It’s delicate and only lightly smoked, with layers of blackberry jam, chocolate, blueberry pie, vanilla cream, poppy seeds, and baking spice. A gentle finish of lemon, green apple, and vanilla. Engaging, with intriguingly subtle peat."

92 Points - Whisky Advocate (Bottle 3)

"Bottle 3 of the Spectra series was finished in double-charred casks. Light notes of lemon sorbet, fresh pineapple, and strawberry shortcake on the nose, set against gentle oak. A honeyed palate has soft flavors of apple tart, cooked pears, dark chocolate, baking spice, and back notes of black currant. Superbly balanced, lightly spiced, with hints of green banana and lemon peel. A smooth, delicate finish offers honeysuckle, melon, vanilla wafers, almond, and lemon cake."