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THE
BALVENIE
Single
Malt Scotch Whisky
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Producer:
William Grant & Sons
Region:
Highlands
District: Speyside (Dufftown)
Expressions
The
Balvenie Founders Reserve
The Balvenie Doublewood
The Balvenie Single Barrel
The Balvenie Port Wood
The Balvenie Vintage Cask
1966
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Michael
Jackson
"House
Style - The most honeyish of malts, with a distinctively orangey
note. Luxurious. After dinner. Ages well."
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THE
BALVENIE Founder's Reserve, 10-year-old, 40 vol
- (90 per
cent American Oak; 10 per cent sherry)
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Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Color - Bright Gold.
Nose - Orangey-honey perfume. Musky. Faint hint of peat.
Body - Medium
Palate - Honeyed sweetness, drying to lightly spicy notes.
Very lively. Just a touch of sherry.
Finish
- A tingly surge of flavors, with lingering, syrupy honey.
Malt
Whisky File: John Lamon & Robin Tucek
| Sweetness
- 8 |
Peatiness
- 3 |
Availability
- 8 |
Color
- Straw with good golden highlights.
Nose - Full and rich with a green edge, medium-sweet with
an appley aroma.
Flavor - Medium-dry, smooth, oaky and malty.
Finish - Of reasonable length, quite rich.
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THE
BALVENIE DOUBLEWOOD, 12-year-old, 4O vol
(first and second fill bourbon casks, then
6 to 12 months in sweet oloroso casks)
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Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Color - Amber.
Nose - Sherry and orange skins
Body - Medium, rich.
Palate - Beautifully combined mellow flavors: nutty, sweet,
sherry, very orangey fruitness, heather, cinnamon spiciness.
Finish - Long, tingling. Very warming.
Malt
Whisky File: John Lamon & Robin Tucek
| Sweetness
- 7 |
Peatiness
- 3 |
Availability
- 7 |
Color
- Quite full amber with old gold highlights and a hint of
lemon.
Nose - Quite full mashy/spirity and ripe with a slightly
walnutty character and a fresh, almost Riesling-like diesel
touch.
Flavor - Medium-sweet, slightly spicy, smooth and round
with a dark nutiness, a chocolately/malty character and delicately
peated.
Finish -Fresh, warm, rich, quite tangy, long and with
the walnut character of the nose.
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THE
BALVENIE Single Barrel, 15 year-old, 50.4 vol
(All first-fill
Bourbon casks)
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Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Color - Pale gold.
Nose - Sherry and orange skins.
Body - Firm.
Palate - Lively. Cedar. Orange-skins, pineapple-like sweetness
and acidity.
Finish - Very dry. Peppery alcohol.
Malt
Whisky File: John Lamon & Robin Tucek
| Sweetness
- 7 |
Peatiness
- 3 |
Availability
- 4 |
Color
- Bright, pale mid-amber with yellow-gold highlights.
Nose - Quite full-bodied, ripe, rich and medium-sweet
with an unctuous oily, honeyed vanilla-oak character, delicately
peated with hints of green apples.
Flavor - Medium-sweet, quite full-bodied, smooth and round
with a backbone of oaky tannin, an oily-vanilla texture and
a slight green edge to the peatiness.
Finish - Very long and complex with hints of bitter
chocolate, hazelnuts, toffee, honey and a nice green coffee
tang.
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THE
BALVENIE Port Wood, 21year-old, 40 vol
(Bourbon
casks, then 6-12 months in port pipes)
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Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Color - Reddish amber.
Nose - Perfumy, fruity. Passion fruit. Raisiny. Nutty
dryness. Marzipan.
Body - Rich
Palate - Very complex. Toffee, creamy, winey, aniseed.
Finish - Long, cedary, dry.
Malt
Whisky File: John Lamon & Robin Tucek
| Sweetness
- 5 |
Peatiness
- 4 |
Availability
- 2 |
Color
- Mid-amber with brinze highlights and a slight ruby hue.
Nose - Soft, round, quite full-bodied and sweet with rich
toffee and vanilla oak character, a touch of beeswax and a
note of soft, ripe peach.
Flavor - Quite dry with chewy tannins, good body and richness
and quite delicately peated.
Finish - Long and gently chewy with a touch of beeswax.
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THE
BALVENIE Vintage Cask 1966, 42.1 vol
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Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Color - Full gold to bronze
Nose - Very aromatic. Butter, honey, lemon. Grass.
Faint peat.
Body - Medium, firm, rounded.
Palate - Buttery maltiness. Honey. Orange. Lemon grass.
Juicy oak. A beautifully balanced, classic Speyside whisky.
Finish - Lemon. Grass. Lightly peaty balancing dryness.
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