Balvenie 1979 12 Year Old 150th Anniversary Cadenhead's

Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood

This or Talisker are my everyday whiskeys, not that I drink whisky everyday you understand ;) I like the hint of citrus on the nose which gives way to a pleasing sweetness. Round on the palate with a hint of vanilla oak and comfortingly warming. Just right for those after dinner moments by the fire.

Score 65/100

Balvenie 14 Year Old Cuban Selection

The Balvenie Cuban Selection was a limited edition for the French market. It’s one of their rum finishes, in line with the former RumWood and GoldenCask releases. Nose: indeed, the rum notes are easily noticeable. Some sweet pear candy. Some nectarines and oranges. Trademark honey and hints of vanilla cake. Some peanut butter. Apples and cinnamon....

Score 83/100

Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day of Dark Barley

The third bottling in ‘The Balvenie Stories’ is a single cask of 26 years old. It will set you back some 1.000 EUR though. According to legend, one day in 1992 the distillery took delivery of some dark, roasted malt. With trepidation they went to work with it. When the first batch of whisky was released in 2006 as their 14 years old Roasted Malt,...

Score 85/100

Balvenie 15 Year Old

Cask Number: 2839 Bottle Number: 97 Nose: Heavy wood influence, pie crusts, underripe satsumas. Fairly sweet. For me, the nose is the best part. Palate: Once again lots of wood, sugar and spice, maple. It's a bit like young brandy. If I hold the whisky in my mouth long enough, a faint bit of musty flavor appears. Very faint, but a little...

Score 79/100