Footnotes

• This parcel of The Glenlivet was delivered in a sealed and unopened carton with Robert Watson (Aberdeen) Ltd., sealling tape and is printed with their company logo.
  
  Appearance: Polished rosewood; magenta lights.mahogany; Amontillado sherry. Good beading.Thick legs. European oak, 1st fillex-sherry cask.
  
  Aroma 1): DryOloroso sherry predominates. Macerated dried fruits (figs, apricots, sultanas); fleeting Maraschino cherries, then dark chocolate behind this. A dry nose overall.
  
  Aroma 2): Water opens and sweetens it. Leather polish, dry orange peel, mango chutney, faded pomander, a very slight trace of dry varnish and scorched wood. Antique luggage in the development.
  
  Taste 1): Thick texture. A rich, sweetstart, then a taste of old fashioned linctus (Friar's Balsam); mouth-drying overall, with a long, warming finish, and some chocolate in the aftertaste. Drinks well at natural strength.
  
  Taste 2): With a drop of water, the taste becomesless sweet and less tannic, but it is still mouth-drying overall.
  
  Comment: A near perfect 'sherried' malt, in the 'old fashioned' style.
  
  Note: a) Robert Watson & Co was still trading in 1983 (Philip Morrice).
  b) From Jan 1980 capacities were expressed in centilitres, not Fl. Oz.: 75cl until 1992, then 70cl. So it's a fair bet this whisky was distilled in the 1960s.
  
  Charles MacLean
  

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