The Balvenie 1972 Vintage Cask

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 34 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Buttery richness. Butterscotch pudding. Bread and butter pudding. Honey. Palate Astonishingly syrupy smooth. Still evoking thoughts of the sweet trolley, but farther south; the honeyed pastries of the Balkans. Then a suggestion of chocolate powder hints at tiramisu. Finish Bitter chocolate. Terry's chocolate oranges. Comment The ultimate dessert dram. Beautifully composed.

Dave Broom Nose Hugely complex: perfumed with dried apricot, pear, orange and cinnamon. There's honey, hazelnut, orange blossom water, spices and light smoke. Palate Intensely concentrated mid-palate with a mass of honeyed red and black fruits, spice, apple. Superb balance and harmony between all the elements. Finish Sweet toffee. Smoke. Comment Proof, if it were needed, that this is a first-growth distillery.