2013-12-27
The 20th edition to the bottle is Glenfiddich Solera 15 Year old. One of the better Gleniffich iv tested with a lot of taste, very fruity long round and not as oily as i experience glenfiddich normally.
The Solera process is a process used to age “liquids” such as Wine, Beer, Vinegar, Brandy and even Rum. From my research the solera process was introduced to whisky making by Glenfiddich and i understand they are still alone in doing this.
A Solera is the actual barrels or a vat holding the liquid to later tap on bottles and the process aims at mixing yonger barrels with older barrels as you bottle from the solera vat. In a whine solera depicted there are 3 steps used where a base whine is wintaged for 1-2 years for selcted barrels to move in to a Nursery. From the Nursery then the top of the pyramid in the Solera is filled as these barrels are filling the second layer and the second layer is fulling the 3rd and the 3rd is filling the bottom or a vat.
Gleniffich solera is produced from Second fill bourbon casks going to new oak casks (min 3-6 months) and spanish oak which in turn then is transferred to a solera vat never drained to less than halv its 50 000 liters in the filling process to ensure enough “old” whisky is left when they add new whisky (never younger than 15 Years though).
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