Distillery | Balvenie |
Bottler | OB |
Serie | DoubleWood |
Bottled for | |
Distilled date | Not Specified |
Bottling date | Not Specified |
Country | Scotland |
Region | Speyside |
Age | 12 |
Cask Type | Sherry Cask Finish |
Cask Number | Bottlecode L2Z 7169 2907 |
Alcohol percentage | 40 |
Volume | 0,70 |
Condition | In original container |
Label | Perfect |
Stock | 0 |
An expression that we like to follow every two or three years. Now’s the time. Colour: gold. Nose: fine, easy, relatively earthy, with raisins, malt, a touch of PX, and drops of cough syrup. A little honey as well, high-honey-content gingerbread, but rather less oranges than usual. Mouth: very malty, then raisiny, with a little earthy oak and natural chocolate (no supermarket junk by multinationals… err… excuse me). Enjoy this leafiness as well. Finish: short, but pleasantly grassy/oaky and malty. Ovaltine and green tea. Coffee in the aftertaste. Comments: strictly nothing to complain about, and last time I checked, the price was fair. Perhaps is this expression becoming a little drier, having said that