Ballantine's Finest Tasting notes and reviews
Ballantine's Finest
- Brand
- Ballantine's
- Expression
- Finest
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Blended
- Abv
- 40.00%
- Produced at
- Ballantine's Distillery
- Website
- www.ballantines.com
- Availability
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Michael Jackson
85- Nose
- Perfumy. Very fragrant smokiness.
- Palate
- Soft and light. Silky, oily peaty. A therapeutically medicinal relaxant.
- Finish
- Lemon-honey. Some late sweeetness. Late surge of gentle warmth.
- Comment
- Very gentle, but a precise clarity of flavours. Drink while listening to Vivaldi.
Paul Pacult
65- Nose
- Sweet and grainy, like cereal with honey. No discernible hints of wood, smoke or peat. A no-frills aroma, solid, likeable, undemanding.
- Palate
- Unabashedly sweet and near syrupy from palate entry through mid-palate. The sweetness is grainy, not fruity or flowery. Light-to-medium bodied.
- Finish
- Notes of caramel and nougat are featured in the ultra-sweet aftertaste.
- Comment
- For those imbibers who relish a honeyed/caramel core to their whisky. If you prefer the more sinewy, definitive elements of oak or smoke, stay clear.
Whisky Magazine Issue 9
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Published April 2000.
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