2010 GLENFIDDICH VINTAGE RESERVE Selection – Scotch Whisky News
2010 GLENFIDDICH VINTAGE RESERVE
Each year, Glenfiddich releases a strictly limited edition single malt Scotch whisky – the Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve. An auspicious panel of whisky experts and enthusiasts is invited by the Glenfiddich Malt Master to join him in choosing their favourite whisky from a few casks that he has pre-selected. The panel’s choice becomes the year’s Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve.
This year, our new Malt Master – Brian Kinsman – will be joined online by an influential group of whisky bloggers and journalists from around the world. They will meet on Twitter, on Wednesday 9th June 2010, at 12 noon British Summer Time (GMT+1 hour). You can follow this pioneering virtual Vintage Reserve selection live, as it happens, with us here. (Obviously this has already occurred.)
MEET THE PANEL
Introducing the truly global 2010 Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve selection panel. Wherever they are in the world, each of member of the online panel will be nosing and tasting a sample of single malt, from the same cask, at the same time. You’ll be able to read their thoughts and impressions of each cask via their Twitter handle as they add their comments during the event.
Ho-Cheng Yao
Taiwan
Twitter: @kingfishertw
Blog:Single Malt Lover!
Lucas Dynowiak
UK
Twitter: @EdinburghWhisky
Blog:Edinburgh Whisky Blog
Noah Rothbaum
USA
Twitter: @liquordotcom
Blog:Liquor.com
Rick McGinnis
Canada
Twitter: @rickmcginnis
Blog:Rick McGinnis
Hans-Henrik Hansen
Denmark
Twitter: @hhhglenfiddich
Anish Trivedi
India
Twitter: @anish_trivedi
Blog:Raw Spirit
Jerry Lindahl
Sweden
Twitter: @avecprovning
Blog:blog.livetsgoda.se &
Herr J. Lindahls avecprovning
Ilya Krasilshchik
Russia
Twitter: @maliar
Blog:twitter.com/maliar
Cask Number: 28121
Cask Type: American oak hogshead
Date Filled: September 25th 1978
Characteristics: Beautiful deep amber colour with typical American oak notes of sweet vanilla
Cask Number: 28122
Cask Type: American oak hogshead
Date Filled: September 25th 1978
Characteristics: A richer deeper amber colour with complex and powerful notes of oak.
Cask Number: 28145
Cask Type: American oak hogshead
Date Filled: September 25th 1978
Characteristics: A golden amber colour with deeper notes of citrus, like orange.
Cask Number: 28152
Cask Type: American oak hogshead
Date Filled: September 25th 1978
Characteristics: Much paler straw-like colour with classic Glenfiddich fruit characteristics on the nose
THE TASTING
Malt Master, Brian Kinsman will lead the global panel in nosing and tasting samples from the four pre-selected casks, which were all filled from the same batch, on the same day, 25th September 1978. Despite being filled with identical spirit, each unique American oak hogshead cask has spent over thirty years imbuing its contents with its own distinctive personality and characteristics – so which cask will be chosen to be bottled as this year’s Glenfiddich Vintage Reserve?
With the hallmark Glenfiddich distillery character – classic fruit and pear – the winner is cask 28152
