The Balvenie 1972 Vintage Cask Tasting notes and reviews
The Balvenie 1972 Vintage Cask
- Brand
- The Balvenie
- Expression
- 1972 Vintage Cask
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Abv
- 47.30%
- Vintage
- 1972
- Produced at
- Balvenie Distillery
- Region
- Speyside
- Website
- www.thebalvenie.com
- Availability
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| United Kingdom | ||
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Balvenie 1972 | £799.00 |
Dave Broom
87- Nose
- Shows real maturity, but with a lifted, elegant rather than woody nose: light dried fruit, resin, sandalwood, hint of varnish and slightly rum-like notes moving into malted milk.
- Palate
- Silky palate mixing honey scented with rosemary, and layered fruits. Very well balanced.
- Finish
- Long, smooth.
- Comment
- This oozes class and, for me, is streets ahead of everything else in this group.
Arthur Motley
80- Nose
- The nose is greeted by a massive estery whoosh! Banana, very ripe pineapple and rum butter. Yum. Cocoa. Mango. More yum. Bounty bars. With time it moves towards a floral style.
- Palate
- Orangey, but not as much fruit as the nose, but lots of smoky-oaky cocoa character. Perfumed.
- Finish
- Mixed spice in sugar. Overall: good, and nearly great.
- Comment
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Published August 2006.
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