Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection VAT 02 Rich & Dark Old Distillery Edition 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 1Lt

Glenfiddich Perpetual Collection VAT 02 Rich & Dark Old Distillery Edition 15 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky is the second, more shadowed voice in Glenfiddich's travel-retail Perpetual Collection, bottled at 43% ABV in the 1-liter format. Carrying a 15 year age statement, this Old Distillery Edition wraps the Dufftown distillery's spirit in the deepest cask recipe of the range's first two chapters.

The whisky is double matured: an initial spell in oak casks is followed by Spanish sherry butts, and the married spirit then rests in Solera Vat 02. Following the perpetual principle the collection is named for, that vat is only ever partially drawn down at bottling and topped back up with mature whisky, so each new batch inherits a measure of every batch before it — a continuous chain of flavor reaching back to the vat's first filling.

Where its Smooth & Mellow sibling glows pale and floral, VAT 02 pours a burnished amber and leads with stewed dark fruits, fig and sultana over dark chocolate and toasted oak. The palate is plush and layered, folding raisin sweetness into ginger, clove and cocoa before a long, warming, sherry-inflected finish. It is the bottle in the collection for drinkers who chase depth — an after-dinner Glenfiddich rather than an aperitif.

Together the first two vats form a deliberate study in contrast from a single Speyside house, and the liter format gives this exclusive real staying power on a home bar. For collectors following the Perpetual Collection across airports, the Rich & Dark chapter is the one that anchors the set's darker end.

• Size: 1Lt
• Proof: 86 (43% ABV)
• Age: 15 Years
• Origin: Dufftown, Speyside, Scotland
• Distillery: Glenfiddich
• Style/Class: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
• Cask/Aging: Double matured in oak and Spanish sherry casks; married in continuously replenished Solera Vat 02
• Series/Edition: Perpetual Collection VAT 02 'Rich & Dark' Old Distillery Edition — global travel retail exclusive
• Tasting Notes: Stewed dark fruits, fig, dark chocolate, raisin, ginger, clove and cocoa with a long, warming finish