Balvenie
15 Year Old
Single Barrel

BODY

4

RICHNESS

4

SMOKE

0

SWEETNESS

3

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
1459

Strength
47.8% abv

Cask Type
1st Fill Bourbon Cask

Cask Strength
yes

Colouring
no

Single Cask
yes

Core Range
no

Flavour Profile

Tasting Notes

Nose

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

Palate

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

Finish

Medium – long, slightly drying with oak notes from the nose. More orange and lemons, wood spices and an unexpected white pepper attack towards the end.

Overall

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:

0 / 100

Collection Count

0

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0

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