glenfiddich 15 year old solera reserve single malt scotch whisky

smooth and delicious

I'm not a huge whiskey drinker but even I could tell this was high quality. My boyfriend lives whiskey and really enjoyed this!

A solid choice!

Subdued sherried Scotch held back by low ABV This Speyside Scotch whiskey is a bit of a rarity: a solera-blended single malt. The solera process is traditionally used with aged rum to combine differently aged expressions of the same rum to consistently match the flavor (and production cost) desired by the distillery. In this case, the solera process seems to be used to combine Glenfiddich single malts of the same age, but aged in different types of wooden barrels: ex-sherry, ex-bourbon, and new oak. The result is a smooth Scotch with just a little more than a hint of sherry sweetness and that rosy sherried color. This would be a great second step for someone on their Scotch journey: the next frontier after you've gotten comfortable with the entry-level Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, and so on. However, more experienced scotch aficionados will find something wanting in the thin mouthfeel and relatively shallow flavor profile. This is a whiskey that would have benefitted from being bottled at around 45 ABV, instead of the 40 that we end up with. Nevertheless, a worthy purchase, or gift, for a budding Scotch drinker.