The Balvenie 15-year old Single Barrel
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The Balvenie
15-year Single Barrel
Cask #1153
Bottle # 74 of 350
In Cask January 20, 1995
Bottled September 22, 2010
47.8% alc/vol
$72.95
NOSE
Wonderful. Good depth and complexity, especially for a single barrel. Strongly floral, with lavender at the front. I also found some smoky hints at the start, but they faded as it sat in the glass. Caramel and some vanilla. Overall, it's darker and richer than the past few Balvenie Single Barrels I've tried.
FIRST IMPRESSION
Darkly honeyed.
TASTE
Unusual depth for a single cask. The floral notes are strongly at the forefront, with lavender and alpine flowers dominating. There's some creaminess and some honey, with very light smoky whiffs in there somewhere.
FINISH
Some grassiness and feints of smoke. A good fade with a very slight burn.
THOUGHTS
Another Ace single barrel from The Balvenie. This one is more solid and complex when compared to other single barrels, and I'd love to get ahold of another bottling form the same distillation.
THIS is why I drink single malt scotch whisky. Every region, every distillery, every bottling and, here, every individual cask is different.
The Balvenie
15-year Single Barrel
Cask #1153
Bottle # 74 of 350
In Cask January 20, 1995
Bottled September 22, 2010
47.8% alc/vol
$72.95
NOSE
Wonderful. Good depth and complexity, especially for a single barrel. Strongly floral, with lavender at the front. I also found some smoky hints at the start, but they faded as it sat in the glass. Caramel and some vanilla. Overall, it's darker and richer than the past few Balvenie Single Barrels I've tried.
FIRST IMPRESSION
Darkly honeyed.
TASTE
Unusual depth for a single cask. The floral notes are strongly at the forefront, with lavender and alpine flowers dominating. There's some creaminess and some honey, with very light smoky whiffs in there somewhere.
FINISH
Some grassiness and feints of smoke. A good fade with a very slight burn.
THOUGHTS
Another Ace single barrel from The Balvenie. This one is more solid and complex when compared to other single barrels, and I'd love to get ahold of another bottling form the same distillation.
THIS is why I drink single malt scotch whisky. Every region, every distillery, every bottling and, here, every individual cask is different.