Glenfiddich Solera

It seems to be the fate of the big brands; once you reach a certain level of production, you loose the love of the noobs. And in no case is it as obvious as with Glenfiddich.
Granted, there standard malt is anonymous to the level of criminality, but go one step beyond and there are some beautiful malts to be discovered.
Apart from the older bottlings, one bottle not to be missed is the Solera bottling; aged at 15 years it is still a light whisky, but with a more intense honey note than usual.
Given the Solera cask-system (a principal of refilling and using casks) there is a heavier note of wood with more fruit, vanillas and a subtle nuttiness in the background.
If you are on holiday, as one is when one writes pieces like this, a dram of Solera-fiddich sits nicely on a sunday evening.