Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Barrel

Type
Single Malt

Bottler
Distillery Bottling

Distillery
Balvenie

Bottling Series
Single Barrel

Vintage
1998

Stated Age
15 years-old

Bottled
2013

Outturn
300

Cask Number
1247

Strength
47.8% abv

Cask Type
1st Fill Bourbon Cask

Cask Strength
yes

Colouring
no

Single Cask
yes

Core Range
no

Flavour Profile

Almonds

Black Pepper

Butterscotch

Cedar Wood

Coconut

Cream

Grapefruit

Grass

Hazelnut

Honey

Lemon

Malt

Milk Chocolate

Oak

Orange

Pineapple

Tea Leaves

Vanilla

Wood Spice

Tasting Notes

Nose

As expected from Balvenie, a crisp and clear nose – perhaps slightly clinical. Freshly cut grass, pineapple chunks, hazelnuts, vanilla pod, honey, dry oak, coconut and tea leaves. There’s a fair number of citrus notes, lemons, orange and sweet butterscotch.

Palate

More pineapple and oak, vanilla and honey, cream cover grapefruit, butterscotch, buttery milk chocolate and cedar wood.

Finish

Medium – long, slightly drying with oak notes from the nose. More orange and lemons, wood spices and the same unexpected pepper attack towards the end as other Single Barrel bottlings - this was more black pepper than white.

Overall

A near identical whisky to cask 1459.

A great Balvenie, sadly these 15 years-old Single Barrel bottles are no longer produced. As mentioned on the nose, this whisky is very clean and clinical. Although a great whisky, a little roughness would have made it more unique but that’s the Balvenie way.

Overall Score:

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Collection Count

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