Glenalba 37-year-old Cd

Name: Glenalba 37-year-old Cd
Brand: Glenalba
SKU: 119795
Rating: 85.58 (57 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.58/100
votes: 57

Whiskybase ID: WB119795
Category: Blend
Bottler: Clydesdale (Cd)
Vintage: 1981
Bottled: 2018
Stated Age: 37 years old
Casktype: Sherry Cask Finish
Casknumber: Batch 18/0491
Number of bottles: 1650
Strength: 40.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottled for: Lidl
Market: Germany
Added on: 22 Oct 2018 3:36 pm by wbarchive_336582

Average value

€ 293.35

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Whisky Reviews for Glenalba 37-year-old Cd

12 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.58 points

SmokeyRuhr scored this whisky 87 points
11 Nov 2018 11:18 pm
I'm really surprised by this discounter whiskey. 37 years is of course a house number, which is often justified to justify several hundred euros. Here far under 100 euros. Can that work out?
I think it went very well.
Not a heavy old whiskey, but a nice fruity, delicious and tasty whiskey, with hints of age.
I think the PLV is more than good.

Nose

88 88

The sherry cask finish makes you think of old whiskey from sherry casks, but it's still fruity and looks younger and fresher to me.
I would have typed on a single malt, or at least a blended malt, because of Grain I notice nothing.
Plums, berries and tobacco of a good cigar (not lit!). Overall, fruity and harmonious.

Taste

89 89

Yes, he is very good drinkable. It affects me more in the mouth than in the nose. Stronger and older. No alcohol to feel, just a little peppery tingle. But to the beautiful sweetness of dark fruits and the beautiful bitterness, as of dark drinking chocolate, which spreads beautifully oily and creamy in the mouth. Very pleasant mouthfeel so that you can let it circle in your mouth for a long time.

Finish

85 85

He remains fruity and chocolaty. Unfortunately, that does not stay that way for very long. He disappears relatively quickly. I do not have the pleasant bitterness left by some older sherry whiskey when leaving for a long time.
LDB scored this whisky 87 points
10 Nov 2018 7:10 pm
This blend is definitely considered to be successful. Of course, 43%
or better, but he is delicious, also in terms of price-age ratio.

Nose

87 87

Lots of cinnamon, hulls, sweet vanilla pod, honey, caramel, very sweet, freshly sawn old wood, tightly woven compote of deep yellow, ripe fruit.

Taste

88 88

Sugared blood orange, mild wood juice, flower nectar, very elegant and supple, spicy fruit paste with the aromatic wood notes without any bitterness

Finish

85 85

Relatively short, but pleasant woody note, very harmonious and gentle, with balanced oak cargo.
dRambo scored this whisky 85 points
07 Nov 2018 9:16 pm
Delicious, pleasant bottling at a great price - but you should multiply it by at least 1.5-2, because this whiskey does not want to be enjoyed in small sips of Malthead. The price flows positively into my score - nice aromas of old stuff - only a little bit diluted.

Nose

86 86

Superficially sour after apple with clove, behind it red berry jam - sweet and sour with blackberries and a hint of blueberries - then it goes more towards orange, it becomes oily, fuller, sweeter, a little liquorice and a fine hint of residual smoke - for most people hardly noticeable, campfire Logs, smells like my Italian when I first enter the room with the fireplace that day - very fine and volatile, juicy tobacco with honey,
No grain notes - not even the typical OBF. Very round and soft - beautiful without missing notes, without corners, without edges and a lot of understatement.

With the first sip it becomes even sweeter, walnuts, gingerbread spices, nutmeg, fine old wood dust.

Taste

85 85

Warm, red fruit jam, raisins, rum chocolate, clear pepper and tobacco note, it feels more like 43% + at first, is much stronger on the palate than on the nose.
Large sips can be chewed for a surprisingly long time - great multi-layered wooden aromas, oak cabinet wall, wax, furniture polish, nutmeg, cocoa, banana peel, walnuts unfold

Finish

84 84

Peppery, subtly fruity, quite dry - but pleasant - for me it strengthens the oak aromas - it doesn't stay long - but I chewed it for a very long time
FritzeKrautman scored this whisky 88 points
04 Nov 2018 7:37 pm
the beautiful fruitiness is its most prominent feature. He drinks relatively easily but is not too weak-breasted. The old age does not really come into play, the grain component is very restrained. The PLV in terms of taste is appropriate, but excellent in age.

Nose

87 87

Strong berry fruits (strawberries, raspberries), vanilla, bark, dust,

Taste

88 88

Sweet, fruity. Vanilla and malt, bitterness arises, the alcohol could be better integrated

Finish

90 90

In the fairly long finish then again very fruity with berries. Stimulates salivation with moderate bitterness.
tribe scored this whisky 88 points
15 Jun 2021 11:08 pm
This is the best glenalbe in my opinion. It's really good and it's starting to get complex. Admittedly still cute like the other albas, but he already has a lot of wood. Great part with jam Christmas spices, super tasty.

Nose

89 89

Taste

89 89

Finish

87 87
dongolzo81 scored this whisky 85 points
21 Apr 2021 11:48 pm
When Lidl launched that bottling, it was probably the cheapest available bottling containing spirit distilled in 1981. Is it worth its initial price? It is imho. Maybe a reason for much higher prices on the secondary market nowadays.
Fruity and sweet-sour sherried, but not very complex nose, grain hardly noticable, neither on the nose nor on the palate. Much more complex on the taste, starting very spicy, nuts, some leather, chocolate, the cask is dominating the spirit here - not suprisingly after 37 years of maturation. Dried fruits evolving again and complementing. Just missing more intensity - you need to take a mouthful instead of a sip. Unfortunately the just 40% hinder the dram to be present on the finish for a long time. Rather on the chocolate again, suprisingly without any bitterness at all. However, too short or at least lacking intensity if you ask me. Delicious dram, but I would have it preferred at 46% abv to unlock the full potential.

Nose

84 84

Taste

89 89

Finish

83 83
larswehmeier scored this whisky 83 points
06 Jan 2020 5:55 pm
A very mature and settled whiskey with a great complex nose. Unfortunately, the taste is so complex and due to the low drinking strength quite short in the finish,

Nose

Hearty and spicy. Cigars in the wooden box. Dark fruits. Sticky, dark syrup. Ripe, set malt. Great nose.

Taste

Surprisingly light and mild to start with. A lot of dark chocolate. Not as much oak as expected. The spice is only pleasantly nutty on the palate. Elegant taste impression.

Finish

Rather short and mild. The chocolate stays, but doesn't get bitter.
Xaver did not rate this whisky
05 Jun 2019 8:28 pm
Nose

Blind Sample:

Colour:
Amber

Nose:
The first thing that comes to mind is a tart and artificial smoke note. The colleague generally has a very soft aroma. Some stewed plastic and cold ashes. From the background comes a musty saltwater scent. With some time in the glass, the smoke and the artificial recede. Now comes through vanilla, fermented apricots and a dark berry flavor. Sour plums and herbs. I also smell some lavender.

Taste

Very soft, almost watery onset. Then comes the dry smoke. A cold ash taste immediately gets stuck with some pepper. The taste is a bit gammeliges ago. The herbal taste reminds me of thyme. In addition orange and wood. A youthful, sprightly undertone is included. Some licorice and again the fermented berries. Has something of currants. In the taste also this perfumed, floral note. With a bitter nut flavor.

Finish

Rather short with subtle spice. Cold smoke. Some bitterness and provocative berry sweetness.
Beaty-Tang scored this whisky 83 points
11 Apr 2019 9:45 pm

Hm what can you say, proud 37 years to an unimaginable discount price (about 70-80 €). What awaits me there?

To start with, the 37 years you do not notice (unfortunately). I suspect that the significantly fresher / less balanced grain content is noticeable here. For me, the whiskey seems more like a sensible 20-year-old Speyside whiskey. The sherry barrel finish is well integrated. The nose is pleasantly round and harmonious. The taste shows a very fine smoke and a dry citrus note. I like the nose better personally.
The finish is pleasing and long.

If he had not been on the label for 37 years and he really was a 20-year-old Speysider, I would probably love the nose and appreciate the slight smoky note on the finish as a finesse. So formality and taste somehow do not match. The price / age ratio still leaves a funny impression.

But in total, the price is just okay.
PuddingmitHaut did not rate this whisky
30 Mar 2019 8:38 am

Fruit, old fruits, slightly berries, grape juice on one side, sawdust (not fresh), dusty chest of drawers, oak on the other side change here in nose and taste.

It starts fruity and becomes spicier. In the mouth a sweetish-spicy interplay that clearly falls on the spicy side when swallowing and leaving.

Very pleasant and interesting as he shows his different sides but unfortunately quite thin overall. It's really a pity that the 40% was diluted down here, but somehow the price has to come in at the age.

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