The Glenlivet

The Glenlivet, by being the first licensed distillery in the valley, set the standards in quality and taste that went on to define the Speyside style of single malt whisky: Smooth, Rich and Fruity.

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The Glenlivet range

The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve

This whisky pays tribute to the original vision of The Glenlivet’s founder, George Smith: to create a smooth and timeless single malt. It offers a fruity character typically associated with The Glenlivet and a delicate aroma of citrus and a creamy sweetness to seduce the senses.

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The Glenlivet 15 Year Old

This is a spicier version of the original classic with a touch of smoothness. The spirit gets its distinctive rich and exotic character from a process of selective maturation in which a proportion of the spirit is matured in French oak casks.

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The Glenlivet Single Malt 18 Year Old

Over the course of 18 years our Master Distiller, Alan Winchester, takes this expression through a combination of cask types, including both first and second-fill American oak (for tropical fruitiness) and ex-sherry oak (for spicy complexity). The result of this deft navigation of the distilling arts is a gorgeous single malt that is complex, yet elegant and balanced.

The Glenlivet Nadurra First Fill

Drawn from casks made of new American white oak, imparting hints of creamy vanilla to this wonderfully rich single malt. This is a cask-strength single malt that represents the skill of our team and the tradition of The Glenlivet. Unlike most modern whiskies, this one is non-chill filtered, so it’s very richly textured.

The Glenlivet Nàdurra Olorosso

Matured in first-fill Oloroso sherry oak casks introducing the rich, sultry notes of dried fruit and warm spice. Unlike most modern whiskies, Nàdurra Oloroso, is non-chill filtered so has all the body you would expect from a whisky that has been drawn straight from the cask.

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Main markets for The Glenlivet

  1. USA
  2. Duty Free
  3. Taiwan
  4. India
  5. Canada
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The Glenlivet in short

Co-leader
of the Single Malts Category
N°1
Best Single Malt (Speyside) at the 2015 International Whisky Competition
N°1
Largest contributor to the sector's volume growth over the past five years
The
Glenlivet range won two master medals and four gold medals at The Scotch Whisky Masters 2015
N°1
Single Malt with +9.6% CAGR sales growth since its acquisition in 2002 by Chivas Brothers (IWSR 2014)

The Glenlivet news

08/10/2018
THE GLENLIVET 12 YEAR OLD RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA
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Know-how

The Glenlivet owes its unique taste to a number of specific factors relating to its production and location. The distillery is located in the Cairngorms National Park at over 270m above sea level. According to weather records, it is one of the coldest places in Britain characterised by strong winds and heavy snowfalls in winter. 
The water drawn from Josie’s Well, a source of hard mineral water, enables complex aromas to develop during the distillation process. The lantern-shaped stills give the spirit its outstanding balance and strong character. Lastly, a careful ageing process, using hand-selected oak casks, gives The Glenlivet its full flavour.

 

History of The Glenlivet

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1852
1871
1876
1884
20th century

Founded by George Smith, The Glenlivet has been crafted in the remote Livet Valley in the heart of Scotland's Speyside region since 1824. He founded the first legal distillery in the parish of Glenlivet.

In a letter to Patrick Fraser, an Edinburgh lawyer, Charles Dickens, wrote “A man in Edinburgh supposed to be unparalleled in his whisky education has just sent me (..) Rare old Glenlivet. Try the accompanying specimen, and drink some as heartily as I will drink to you.”

George Smith died in 1871, but his legacy lived on in his son and heir to the distillery, John Gordon Smith, just as much as it did in the spirit in the casks.

In 1876 John filed a request to trademark the name Glenlivet to put an end to the activities of the impostors taking advantage of the desirability of the single malt by using its name on their bottles. 

In 1884, a court ruling officially gave George Smith's single malt the exclusive right to be called The Glenlivet. 

At the start of the 20th century, The Glenlivet became the favourite whisky for enthusiasts throughout the British Empire. Following the end of Prohibition in the United States, its reputation grew in America with The Glenlivet quickly becoming the No.1 single malt in the country, a position it continues to enjoy today. 

Founded by George Smith, The Glenlivet has been crafted in the remote Livet Valley in the heart of Scotland's Speyside region since 1824. He founded the first legal distillery in the parish of Glenlivet.

In a letter to Patrick Fraser, an Edinburgh lawyer, Charles Dickens, wrote “A man in Edinburgh supposed to be unparalleled in his whisky education has just sent me (..) Rare old Glenlivet. Try the accompanying specimen, and drink some as heartily as I will drink to you.”

George Smith died in 1871, but his legacy lived on in his son and heir to the distillery, John Gordon Smith, just as much as it did in the spirit in the casks.

In 1876 John filed a request to trademark the name Glenlivet to put an end to the activities of the impostors taking advantage of the desirability of the single malt by using its name on their bottles. 

In 1884, a court ruling officially gave George Smith's single malt the exclusive right to be called The Glenlivet. 

At the start of the 20th century, The Glenlivet became the favourite whisky for enthusiasts throughout the British Empire. Following the end of Prohibition in the United States, its reputation grew in America with The Glenlivet quickly becoming the No.1 single malt in the country, a position it continues to enjoy today. 

Founded by George Smith, The Glenlivet has been crafted in the remote Livet Valley in the heart of Scotland's Speyside region since 1824. He founded the first legal distillery in the parish of Glenlivet.

In a letter to Patrick Fraser, an Edinburgh lawyer, Charles Dickens, wrote “A man in Edinburgh supposed to be unparalleled in his whisky education has just sent me (..) Rare old Glenlivet. Try the accompanying specimen, and drink some as heartily as I will drink to you.”

George Smith died in 1871, but his legacy lived on in his son and heir to the distillery, John Gordon Smith, just as much as it did in the spirit in the casks.

In 1876 John filed a request to trademark the name Glenlivet to put an end to the activities of the impostors taking advantage of the desirability of the single malt by using its name on their bottles. 

In 1884, a court ruling officially gave George Smith's single malt the exclusive right to be called The Glenlivet. 

At the start of the 20th century, The Glenlivet became the favourite whisky for enthusiasts throughout the British Empire. Following the end of Prohibition in the United States, its reputation grew in America with The Glenlivet quickly becoming the No.1 single malt in the country, a position it continues to enjoy today. 

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