Balvenie Distillery

Dufftown
Banffshire
AB55 4BB
Scotland

Telephone: 01340 820 000
Web: http://www.balvenie.com

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Whiskies from 'Balvenie Distillery'

Read the Whisky Magazine tastings notes for whiskies from Balvenie Distillery.

• The Balvenie 10 Years Old, Founder's Reserve

The most honeyish of Speyside malts?

• The Balvenie 12 Years Old, Double Wood

Yet richer, and fruitier.

• The Balvenie 12 Years Old, Double Wood

Delicious.

• The Balvenie 15 Years Old

A very interesting whisky, but the distillery character is better served with a dash of sherry.

• The Balvenie 15 Years Old Single Barrel

Certainly robust. Perhaps a little harsh?

• The Balvenie 17 Years Old Sherry Oak

Good but the oak has leaned a little too heavily on the expressiveness of the whisky.

• The Balvenie 17 Years Old, New Wood

Attractive in the glass, with a pleasant nose, rich in dessert notes, but is let down by a slight astringency in the palate.

• The Balvenie 1968

Tasting from the cask resulted in slightly different descriptors whereas these notes were based on a sample sent to Whisky Magazine.

• The Balvenie 1970 Vintage Cask

Extraordinarily distinctive. All the characteristics I expect in Balvenie, but I have never experienced them in such a concentrated intensity.

• The Balvenie 1972 Vintage Cask

The ultimate dessert dram. Beautifully composed.

• The Balvenie 1993 Port Wood

• The Balvenie 21 Years Old PortWood

The full, honeyed, richness of the malt combines beautifully with what seems to be a generous kiss of port.

• The Balvenie 25 Years Old

A very sophisticated malt. Beautifully combined flavours.

• The Balvenie 25 Years Old, Single Barrel

Seemed a little lighter all round than I remember.

• The Balvenie 30 Years Old

This expression wears its years well.

• The Balvenie Islay Cask, 17 Years Old

Reminiscent of the days when Speysiders were peatier.

• The Balvenie New Oak, 17 Years Old

• The Balvenie PortWood 1989

Not the depth of the PortWood 21 Years Old, but thoroughly enjoyable.

• The Balvenie PortWood 21 Years Old

Bring on the petits-fours.

• The Balvenie PortWood 21 Years Old

This expression beautifully highlights the qualities of The Balvenie as a whisky that is full of rich flavours yet gentler and less robust than, for example, Glenfarclas or The Macallan.

• The Balvenie Roasted malt Aged 14 Years

Give this time and you’ll find a delicious dram.

• The Balvenie Rum Wood

A disappointment after the class of the 1972.

• The Balvenie Rumwood 14 Years Old

A rich whisky which has taken some exotic and sensuous notes from the rum. Stiffens up on the finish.

• The Balvenie Vintage Cask 1967

A beautifully balanced classic Speyside whisky.

• The Balvenie Vintage Cask 1972

This oozes class and, for me, is streets ahead of everything else in this group.

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Articles about 'Balvenie'

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• spy

  We bring you the news,show reviews and Dave’s look at the whisky world.
  Found in issue 72 (spy)

• Signature craft

  Ian Buxton meets the man behind Balvenie's style.
  Found in issue 72 (Whisky People)

• Forget the headlines

  Joe Batesbraves the crowds and keeps an eye on his bags as he checks out the offerings at Heathrow’s flagship terminal.
  Found in issue 72 (Travel retail)

• WORLD’S BEST SINGLE MALT WHISKY

  YOICHI 20 YEARS OLD.
  Found in issue 71 (World Whiskies Awards)

• Turkish delight

  Joe Bateschecks out the huge duty free store at Istanbul’s Atatürk airport.
  Found in issue 71 (Travel retail)

• Ask the expert

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  Found in issue 71 (questions)

• Whisky sales take off at Colombo airport

  Joe Bates heads tothe Indian subcontinent tolook atSri Lanka’s main airport..
  Found in issue 70 (travel retail)

• In the heartland (Speyside)

  Speyside falls in to two halves:that reached by flying in to Inverness,and that reached from Aberdeen.In this issue we take the Aberdeen route..
  Found in issue 69 (Visitors guide)

• National Treasures

  The search starts to find the cream of the crop in the whisky world. Scotland, Ireland and Canada have been scrutinised,we find out who is in the running..
  Found in issue 67 (Icons of Whisky 2008)

• A great vintage

  The fourth Whisky Live Paris saw an incredible gathering of rare and exciting drams,we find out more.
  Found in issue 67 (show report)

• French flair

  Joe Bate shops across the Channel to check out the latest shopping opportunities.
  Found in issue 67 (Travel retail)

• Conval-no-more

  In the latest of our series Gavin D Smithlooks at the history behind Convalmore.
  Found in issue 66 (Lost distilleries)

• Personality traits

  Ian Wisniewski investigates distillery character versus maturation character .
  Found in issue 65 (Whisky Production)

• Business traffic drives whisky business at Frankfurt

  Joe Bates reports from one of Europe’s largest airports.
  Found in issue 65 (Travel retail)

• From the cask

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  Found in issue 64 (Whisky News)

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