The Glenlivet Spectra Edition 2020 3x20cl 40°
New sensory experience offered by The Glenlivet distillery in a limited edition, Spectra is a set that invites you on an immersive journey with three new mystery whiskies.
With this Spectra box, rediscover the spectrum of whisky aromas. The style of The Glenlivet, sweet and leaky, has been reinterpreted in three mysterious expressions for this new limited edition of the distillery.
A multi-sensory approach during a connected tasting
The Glenlivet has imagined an original experience that offers you to connect with your smartphone to discover these notes of these three mystery whiskies presented in 20cl bottles.
During the tasting, you are invited to scan a QR code with your phone. A video with sound cues lets you immerse your senses in the world of whisky. You can then note the aromas you find and their intensity. You then get an identification score of the tasting notes.
The video presentation is in English.
An original experience to share
This box is ideal for an interactive moment to share.
Glenlivet Spectra 01: open the doors to a secret orchard.
Glenlivet Spectra 02: a campfire by the sea.
Glenlivet Spectra 03: creamy and flamed wood.
Volume | 0.6 L |
ABV | 40 ° |
Distillery | The Glenlivet |
Country | Scotland |
Region | Speyside |
Reference: | 24020 |
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.