Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix

Name: Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix
Brand: Glenfiddich
SKU: 19148
Rating: 86.96 (395 reviews)

Overall rating: 86.96/100
votes: 395

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glenfiddich
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottled: 2010
Casktype: American Oak & Oloroso Sherry Casks
Number of bottles: 12000
Strength: 47.6 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml 750 ml
Bottle code: L34U49890501, L34U49891512
Barcode: 5010327335377
Added on: 20 Nov 2010 11:49 pm

Average value

€ 700.55

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Whisky Reviews for Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix

54 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 86.96 points

hs305 scored this whisky 86 points
23 May 2017 10:30 pm
[May, 2017] NAS = Never Accept Stupid marketing! Due to heavy snowfall (caused by global warming, what else?) the roof of several Glenfiddich warehouses collapsed and damaged some casks that had to be bottled subsequently. This was all just ordinary Glenfiddich stuff, nothing special. But then a great marketing genius of Glenfiddich created the story of the "Snow Phoenix" and all of a sudden the ordinary Glenfiddich transformed into something very special worth up to ten times of its original release price today. I never bought a bottle of this stuff as I generally do not believe into marketing fairytales. Nevertheless as I have the chance to try a sample today I am quite curious...

To be honest, this is easy-to-drink Glenfiddich as I drank a lot of comparable Glenfiddich releases before - nothing special about it that is worth any price premium (and by the way, the distillery itself demanded no significant price premium upon its release). The nose is soft and shy as all Glenfiddich noses. The mouthfeel is gentle and a little peppery, nothing remarkable about that as well. And the taste is very sweet with just hints of fruits and chocolate as is the finish of medium length.

So why the hell should I pay more than 40-50 Euro for such an ordinary dram - just to believe into the mysterious "Snow Phoenix"? This is the perfect example of a small-scale self-reinforcing whisky bubble - so everyone with a clear mind can easily extrapolate what this means with respect to the overall whisky bubble that is inflating day by day...
- Nose
  
  85 85
- Taste
  
  84 84
- Finish
  
  86 86
DrinkingWhisky scored this whisky 88 points
06 Apr 2017 11:10 pm
Wow. I didn't expect much of it - nice story, but a hyped whisky: how good can it be? But this is indeed a fine dram! Especially the nose is very intriguing… as if it slowly reveals the content of the various casks which went into the whisky. It keeps you discovering through all of its layers, but it remains very sophisticated and gentle - a gentleman's dram. Tasted on 02/04/2017 in a Glenfiddich line-up (WB ID's 76463, 72490, 19148, 86462, 86461, in that order).

Nose

A lot better! (Than the drams I tasted before this one in the tasting: the GF 12yo and the GF Original, that is.) Banana, apples (the very juicy green ones). Later on more vanilla, shortbread and more sherried tones, oranges as well, icing sugar.

Taste

Lush, fresh, crisp! Green apples, icing sugar, lots of spiciness with a hint of menthol. Vanilla, and prickly lemon on the tongue.

Finish

Lingering…. Initially with the lemon, but then spiciness taking over; white pepper with a touch of menthol.
Whisky-Connaisseur did not rate this whisky
07 Dec 2015 5:58 pm
An unique whisky created by chance. Undoubtedly, a cracking packaging,
but a cracking dram as well. A flavourful, inviting nose leads to a
powerful, round swell on the palate, mellowing into a long, smooth and
enjoyable finish. Very pleasant, well-balanced, and seductive. A
dignified and complex single malt.

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Nose

A fine oloroso sherry note with delicate toffee and lingering creamy
vanilla. This is complemented by a vigorous scent of ripe fruit, apples
in particular, and luscious stair pear. Subtle heather and blossom honey
emerge with a gentle touch of nuttiness and a whiff of smoke behind.
Very aromatic indeed!

Taste

Rich and round. Sweet maltiness with shortbread, lingering custard and
ripe stewed fruit. Creamy and nicely appetising. Getting spicy with
gentle candied ginger, white pepper and a touch of charred wood. Heather
with blossom honey, and a dry note of dark chocolate and subtle smoke
towards the finish. A succulent pleasure.

Finish

Significantly long. Fruity with luscious green apples. Spicy oak with
pepper and lingering sherried malt. Creamy vanilla with a gentle smoky
nutty touch on the tail. Simply wonderful.

WITH WATER: Water
emphasizes the fruity proportion of this beauty with more apples coming
through both on the nose and palate. There's more sweet maltiness with a
reserved spiciness on the palate. The finish is long and sweet with
delicate malted barley, and lingering spice.
Dieter_W scored this whisky 87 points
10 Oct 2020 7:45 pm
Toto0808 scored this whisky 89 points
09 Apr 2020 1:43 pm

Delicious
SRB scored this whisky 87 points
18 Mar 2020 11:02 pm
Nose

87 87

Taste

88 88

Finish

87 87
Squinugie scored this whisky 90 points
26 Feb 2020 8:45 pm
Nose

90 90

Taste

91 91

Finish

89 89
MM-Speyside scored this whisky 72 points
11 Jan 2020 1:52 pm
Nose

75 75

Taste

86 86

Finish

73 73
TechnOBY scored this whisky 85 points
04 Mar 2019 3:03 pm
Nose

84 84

Taste

85 85

Finish

85 85
DramGoodLife scored this whisky 83 points
28 Oct 2018 5:56 pm
A faultless whisky but just a tad too basic

Nose

85 85

Big vanilla notes backed up by new oak, think ice pop sticks. Dollop of thick honey with some prickly spice. Alcohol quite dominant. With time gentle hints of green apple appear.
Water takes away the bite and leaves the rest.

Taste

83 83

Big honey on the palate, still some oak bit a little older than the nose. Quite a lot of spice, big and powerful with a touch of lemon citrus.

Finish

80 80

Short on lemons and new oak.
With water the finish gains a bitter oak note.

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