The Balvenie Rum Wood

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 58 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Quite plain and oaky: cigar box, pine flooring, dry bracken, sweetening into sponge cake, date. With water a lightly doughy note and a hint of cold green tea. Palate Sweet...then dry...then sweet. Spreads well initially but becomes rather dull and flat. Finish Custard and then spice. Woodsmoke. Comment A disappointment after the class of the 1972.

Arthur Motley Nose Orange liqueur sweetness and a sweet chlorine. Orange peel and banana. With water a little more sherbety, then grassiness, vanilla and blossom. More baked banana. Palate Lots of bourbon cask character, with toasted oak and vanilla. Finish More US oak and a burnt twig bitterness. Comment The overall experience was harmed by the bitterness.