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Glenfiddich NEDERLANDS
Region Highlands
District Speyside (Dufftown)
Water source Robbie Dhu (brewing)
Fiddich river (cooling)
Neighbours  
Owner William Grant & Sons Ltd
Manager  
Visitor centre All year:
Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Sunday from 12noon to 4.30pm.

Admission price:
Adults: free

Individuals and small groups can come along without booking ahead. However, groups of 12 and over must book in advance by clicking http://uk.glenfiddich.com/world/distillery/booking.html
Address Dufftown,
Banffshire, AB55 4DH
Phone +44 (0)1340 820 373
Website http://www.glenfiddich.com
History 1886 : William Grant and his nine children rolled up their sleeves to build the Distillery with their bare hands
1887 : First spirit flows from the stills on Christmas day
1898 : de groothandel Pattison's (grootste blender en verdeler in Schotland) ging falliet, het was Grant's grootste klant
1904 : W. Grant opened the first shop in Blackburn
1905 : first agency in Canada and US
1911 : first agency in Europe (Scandinavië, Hamburg and Rotterdam)
1969 : visitor centre opened
House Style At younger ages it is a fresh, lively aperitif. At great age it is complex and fuller bodied.
   
Meaning Valley of the Deer
Capacity per year 10.000.000 litres
Information 90% of the production is bottled as a single malt. Glenfiddich is one of the few remaining independents.

DISTILLERY BOTTLINGS

Glenfiddich - Special Reserve - 12 year old - 40%
Colour:
Gold.
Nose:
Distinctively fresh and fruity with a hint of pear. Beautifully crafted single malt with a delicately balanced fragrance.
Palate:
Characteristic sweet, fruity notes. Develops into elements of butterscotch, cream, malt and subtle oak flavour.
Finish:
Long, smooth and mellow.
Glenfiddich - Toasted Oak - 12 year old - 40%
Colour:

Nose:
Satsuma segments, nail polish, apricot cream and papaya.
Palate:
Sweet, with vanilla and almonds and a lightly bitter oakiness.
Finish:
Pretty short, but a delicate oakiness.

Glenfiddich - Coaran Reserve - 12 year old - 40%
Colour:
Deep gold.
Nose:
Aromatic. Damp cellars. Earthy and rooty. Dundee cake. A touch of orange peel and pot pourri. A distant smoky note.
Palate:
Sweet but vivid. Refreshing. Barley sugar.
Finish:
Lingering, warm. Leafy, becomes bitter with water added.
Glenfiddich - Solera Reserve - 15 year old - 40%
Cask:
Sherry, bourbon and new oak.
Colour:
Bright gold.
Nose:
Intriguingly complex aroma with sweet heather honey and vanilla fudge combined with rich dark fruits.
Palate:
Silky smooth, revealing layers sherry oak, marzipan, cinnamon and ginger. Full bodied and bursting with flavour.
Finish:
Satisfyingly rich with lingering sweetness.
Glenfiddich - Ancient Reserve - 18 year old - 40%
Colour:
Old gold.
Nose:
Remarkably rich aroma with ripe orchard fruit, spiced apple and a robust oakiness.
Palate:
Richly delivers luxurious dried fruit, candy peel and dates overlaid with elegant oak notes.
Finish:
Warming. Rewarding. Distinguished.
Glenfiddich - Ancient Reserve Decanter - 18 year old - 43%
Chillfiltered.
Colour:
Rich bronze.
Nose:
Remarkably rich aroma with ripe orchard fruit, spiced apple and a robust oakiness.
Palate:
Remarkably rich aroma with ripe orchard fruit, spiced apple and a robust oakiness.
Finish:
Richly delivers luxurious dried fruit, candy peel and dates overlaid with elegant oak  notes. The finish is warming,  rewarding and distinguished.
Glenfiddich - Gran Reserve - 21 year old - 40%
Colour:
Abricot.
Nose:
Intense and sweet, floral hints of banana, figs and rich toffee.
Palate:
Initially soft, then brisk and vibrant, peppery, a touch of smoke, vanilla, ginger, lime, spices and new leather.
Finish:
Very long, warming and spicy.
Glenfiddich - 30 year old - 43%
Colour:
Full gold.
Nose:
Finely balanced with substantial oakiness matched by fruit and luscious sherry notes.
Palate:
Complex and seductively woody, dark chocolate, emphasised by a floral sweetness.
Finish:
Exceedingly long, honeyed and warm.

Glenfiddich - Rare Collection - 40 year old - 43,6%
Casks for this, the fourth vatting of 40 Year Old, were laid down in 1961, 1965 and 1966 - the same years The Beatles first performed at Liverpool’s Cavern Club, Sir Winston Churchill died and The Sound of Music was released, respectively.
The second version has an ABV level of 45,4%.
Colour:
Garnet. Dark marble.
Nose:
Floral. Herbaceous borders. A rose garden. Fragrant. Honeyed. Then beeswax. Polished oak and leather armchairs.
Palate:
Oily, then creamy and sweet, arousing delicious expectations of the white chocolate notes that can occur in a long-matured Glenfiddich. The promise is realised, in ascending layers of flavour. After mocha coffee and pain au chocolat, boxes of dates. Then a teasing, bittersweet, moment; something dark, crazy and Belgian. Chocolate truffles in crème Anglaise. Raspberries and redcurrants with a malt-doused vanilla ice cream.
Finish:
For all the sweet and creamy suggestions, this single malt Scotch whisky is balanced by fruitiness and acidity. Finally, a late, long, restrained dryness. Bitter chocolate pralines with root ginger, burnt-tasting caramels in front of a smoky, aromatic log fire.
Glenfiddich - 50 year old - 43%
Limited to 500 bottles.Chillfiltered.
Colour:

Nose:
It has a well-balanced nose, with a pleasantly sweet woody aroma.
Palate:
A smooth sweet fruity flavour.
Finish:
Glenfiddich - Private Vintage 1973 - %
Limited to 861 bottles.
Cask:
 Second-fill Spanish sherry butts.
Colour:
Rich amber.
Nose:
Rich oak notes mingled with a subtle nuttiness and gentle sherried sweetness.  Delicate fruity aromas develop on addition of a little water.
Palate:
A silky texture in the mouth delivers a beautifully sweet and spicy sensation.  The flavour develops into gentle oakiness with hints of walnuts, almonds and dried fruits.
Finish:
Warm & lingering
Comment:
 This Glenfiddich has matured for over thirty years in a Spanish oak sherry cask.  It has all the elegance of Glenfiddich with additional luscious aromas and flavours extracted from the sherry cask.

Glenfiddich - Singapore Private Vintage 1965 - %
Colour:
Warm walnut with rich red and gold tones.
Nose:
Intense and sweet, with treacle toffee notes, raisins, dates, figs luscious sherry notes, oranges and cloves with hints of leather and a smouldering oakiness.
Palate:
A rich complex, yet soft mouth-feel gives way to an intense powdery Muscovado sweetness smooth oak, not drying, perfectly balances the sweet notes and develops to a gentle spiciness.
Finish:
Warming, spicy, with hints of dark chocolate that slowly fades like the coals in a winter fire.
Comment:
An intensely aromatic expression of an aged Glenfiddich. It has maintained the distillery character through its long years in a traditional sherry cask. This Glenfiddich is unusually vibrant for a single malt Scotch whisky of this age.