Balvenie 1966 Bottled 1998 Vintage Cask #6434

Balvenie 15 Year Old

The 15 year expression from The Balvenie is from a single bourbon cask and is bottled at a higher strength. I have found that right around 48% is about the ideal strength for me. After My experience with the quality of the 12 year double wood, I was excited to give this one a try. Nose: About the sweetest nose I've ever smelled. Honey, raw malt...

Score 55/100

Balvenie 17 Year Old Madeira Cask

The nose is immediately engaging and just makes your mouth water; sweet wine, melon, and fresh cut pear. After letting it open a little bit, brown sugar, cinnamon, and musty wood. When this stuff hits your palate, it explodes. Spice and madeira are dominant, followed by various fresh fruits and oak. The finish isn't super long, but it fades out...

Score 97/100

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature

Like the Founder’s, the Signature is a marriage of bourbon and sherry matured whisky. It is made in small batches and each batch is allowed time to harmonise in a traditional marrying tun. The Balvenie master distiller David Stewart crafted this to mark his 45th year in the whisky industry. Nose: Coffee ice cream, sweet honey and cream with a...

Score 88/100

Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve

So we have recently done a Balvenie tasting pack of five different expressions. thought we would post our notes here. The Founder’s Reserve is first up. This was introduced as one of the standard Balvenie expressions in the eighties but was recently replaced by the Signature 12 year old. It is a combination of bourbon and sherry cask matured...

Score 89/100