Glenlivet 12 Years Old First Fill 70cl 40°

Archive Glenlivet 12 Years Old First Fill 70cl 40°

Distillery : The Glenlivet / Country : Scotland / Reference: : 21155

The Glenlivet house showcases here the historic, traditional key techniques that made the reputation of the distillery with this First Fill Glenlivet. This Single Malt of great class drives us through the traditional elaboration techniques of a great whisky.

Distilled in swan-necked, conical stills, The Glenlivet undergoes a 12 years maturation in first fill American barrels, a signature of quality Single Malts.

The French excluisivity The Glenlivet is presented in its premium gift box, with warm, golden tones. The bottle is transparent and reveals a clear, amber colour. In the glass, this Single Malt reveals notes of vanilla and ripe fruits coating the palate, giving way to an oaky and spicy everlasting finale.

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Features
Volume0.7 L
ABV40 °
TypeSingle malt
DistilleryThe Glenlivet
CountryScotland
RegionSpeyside
Age12 years
MaturationAmerican Oak
PeatNon Peated
PackagingCase
Reference:21155

For generations, George Smith’s ancestors have been distilling in the Livet valley, in Speyside in Scotland.


Their name was then Gow, which they changed into Smith to give it a more English consonance, as a battle was lost against the English. In 1823, the ability to obtain a license was created with the enforcement of the Excise Act. And George Smith was the first to ask for and obtain his legal license to operate a distillery. He started his activities in a farm.


The Duke of Gordon, owner of the field and father of the first law on distillery legalization was quite enthusiast about the results of this first legal distillery. But the illegal distillers were not. They even threatened George Smith, which led the Duke of Gordon to lend him two pistols, still exhibited today in the distillery’s museum.


In 1849, his son James Gordon Smith founded a distillery named Delnabo, near Tomintoul. As this did not turn out to be a success, George took over the management of his son’s distillery and renamed it Cairngorn. In 1858, George associated with his son James Gordon Smith, to build a bigger distillery near Minmore, where is located the current distillery.


The two old distilleries were then closed and dismantled. The new distillery was located near the railway, which would be most helpful in the following. The commercial success is also to be attributed to the exclusive distributor of the distillery’s products, Andrew Usher & Co, who by the way invented the first consistent commercial blend, consistency being a key value of blended whiskies.


In the 1880’s, The Glenlivet had such a reputation than a few shameless distillers even borrowed the name. John Gordon Smith partially won the trial as he sued many of the competitors, and became the only one able to use the name and became “The Glenlivet”, while others could only add the word “Glenlivet” to their own name. The brand was established in 1870.


The current owner wishes to go further and oblige his competitor to relinquish any mention to Glenlivet in their names. He set an example while renaming one of the group’s distillery, formerly “Braes of Glenlivet” in “Braeval”. In 1953 the distillery merged with Glen Grant. In 1958, the original buildings were destroyed by a fire.


At the beginning of the 1970’s, the Glenlivet and Glen Grant purchased the Longmorn distillery and formed the Glenlivet Distillers group, bought back in 1977 by the Seagram group. The distilleries of “The Chivas & Glenlivet Group” belonging to Seagram were purchased by the Pernod-Ricard group on December 19, 2001. The only closure met by the Glenlivet was World War II, as the country was hit by barley shortages. Apart from the Single Malt production, the distillery’s whisky is being used in quality blends, such as Chivas Regal and Royal Salute. 

Colour: pale amber.

Nose: floral notes with vanilla, lifted by dried fruits flavours.

Palate: vanilla and coconut flavours, together with orange marmalade and ripe fruits.

Finish: oaky and spicy, warming up the palate. A lingering finale with a hint of marzipan.

Silver Medal, Best Single Malt from Speyside aged 12 and under, World Whiskeys Awards 2023.