The Balvenie 25 Years Old Tasting notes and reviews
The Balvenie 25 Years Old
- Brand
- The Balvenie
- Expression
- 25 Years Old
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Age
- 25 years old
- Abv
- 46.90%
- Produced at
- Balvenie Distillery
- Region
- Speyside
- Website
- www.thebalvenie.com
- Availability
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Balvenie 25 Year Old | £499.00 |
Michael Jackson
85- Nose
- Honey, the dark, liquid kind. Flowery. Acacia-like.
- Palate
- The honey is there in the first taste, then it lingers behind the other flavours. Lightly syrupy. Mirabelle plums. Oranges. Lively, lemony flavours, especially when water is added. A hint of clove. More peat than I remember.
- Finish
- Firm, tingly.
- Comment
- A very sophisticated malt. Beautifully combined flavours.
Jim Murray
82- Nose
- Mouth-watering malt surrounded by an almost minty freshness. Some tired oak but beautifully couched.
- Palate
- Every bit as lively as the nose suggests; waves of intense malt but of varying sharpness.
- Finish
- Some oiliness appears, generating length to that fabulous malt and bitter chocolate.
- Comment
- A rare treat. A malt that, despite an obvious over oakiness, retains a truly impressive complexity and charm.
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