Kininvie 17 Years Old Batch 001 Travel Retail 42.6% 1996

Distillery	Kininvie
Bottler	OB
Serie	Batch No 001
Bottled for	Travel Retail
Distilled date	1996
Bottling date	2014
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside
Age	17
Cask Type	American Oak and Sherry Casks
Cask Number	X
Alcohol percentage	42.6
Volume	0,35
Condition	In original container
Label	Perfect
Stock	0
Volume	0,35
Condition	In original container
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (82)

Small bottle, neat contemporary packaging, high prices. Colour: gold. Nose: maybe that’s because it’s owned by William Grant, but I cannot not think of a vatting of Balvenie and Glenfiddich. Floral (dandelions, buttercups), some overripe apples, a touch of light acacia honey, a little heather, a little marzipan, a little custard, three yellow plums, and a little cappuccino, then more raw barley and a touch of mead. Sweet, clean and mellow, rather delicate. Mouth: some vanillin in the arrival, apple juice, white pepper, plum pie and, once again, a little light honey. Then rather fresh walnuts and a few drops of Schweppes. Not too light given the strength. Finish: of medium length, a tad spirity, with a few raisins, a slice of tinned pineapple and then quite some vanilla and white pepper in the aftertaste. Comments: perfectly drinkable despite a certain lack of character – and perhaps value.

Gal Granov (89)

Nose: Classic stuff. Textbook speyside on a plate. Malty with lovely fruitiness as in baked apple and pear, toasted oak , vanilla and spices. Some wet hay too and old wood. a hint of balsamic sourness . Brilliant.

Palate: Spicier and less creamy than the nose suggested. Prickly. Then getting maltier with the baked apple and oak, pepper and dough.

Finish: Peppery, malty and fruity , also quite buttery and long.

This is a very good malt indeed, and it’s hard to say which is better: the 17 or the 23… If i had to pick I’d probably go with the 17 but it surely depends on my mood at that moment.

BOW (88)