The Balvenie 12 Years Old, Double Wood

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 8 by Michael Jackson and Doug McIvor.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose The skins of Seville oranges. The apricot note of oloroso sherry. Palate Beautifully combined mellow flavours: nutty, sweet, juicy sherry, very orangey fruitiness, heather, cinnamon. Very spicy. Finish Long, tingling. Very warming. Comment Delicious.

Doug McIvor Nose Entrancing, lightly honeyed, sweet and gentle. Palate Full, succulent and buttery, whafts of sherry, nuttiness and wavering spice. Finish Long and warming, cinnamon prickles through the lingering sweet sherry. Comment Some of the 10 years brandyish elements subdued to give a rounded gentle being.