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Whisky Magazine Award Winner The Balvenie 1970 Vintage Cask

The Balvenie 1970 Vintage Cask

Brand The Balvenie
Expression 1970 Vintage Cask
Type Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Vintage 1970
Abv 44.60%
Produced at Balvenie Distillery
Region Speyside
Launched 1892
Availability Worldwide.
Guide Price £71 plus (US$114 plus) NB! This is our upper price guide, but the whisky may sell for considerably more than this.
Website http://www.thebalvenie.com

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 18 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson

Nose
Fudge. Honey. A hint of heather. Very soft.
Palate
Intensely sweet and Sauternes-like. Or perhaps orange muscat? With water, yet sweeter and fruitier.
Finish
Becoming more like dark, clear, liquid, honey.
Comment
Extraordinarily distinctive. All the characteristics I expect in Balvenie, but I have never experienced them in such a concentrated intensity.

Dave Broom

Nose
An elegant, soft, luscious, nose that reminds you of pancakes dripping with butter and honey.
Palate
Soft and mouthfilling with little spikes of wood notes and citrus. Dries as it develops.
Finish
Ripe soft and long, drying into wood then burnt orange.
Comment
Complex, luscious, gorgeous.

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