Balvenie 50 Year Old

Balvenie 1974 39 Year Old

On my wife's and I first day in Speyside we visited two whisky distilleries, Benromach and Balvenie. I'd never had Benromanch before and it wound up being a very nice little tour, with a bottle of the Benromach smoky picked up for my father in law. It did not make it to him (review to shortly come) However the second distillery of the tour,...

Score 96/100

Balvenie 21 Year Old Port Wood Finish

Many months ago I heard about a very sexy Speyside whisky from a good whisky friend, Victor. That this whisky was a top notch beautiful, fragrant, flavorful, second to none whisky. This whisky was Balvenie's 21 yr old Port wood finish. The only problem was that only a few places in Australia sold it, and it was always around the $250 mark. Just a...

Score 92/100

Balvenie 17 Year Old Peated Cask

This Bottle was purchased in Spring at Heathrow airport by my brother in law and gifted to me when he arrived in Canada. Interestingly it seems to be bottled at a higher 48.7% than the standard 43% alc/vol that is available in stores. It is also non chill filtered. Colour: Red Gold Nose: I can smell this one for hours, Honeyed orange peel with a...

Score 88/100

Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask

Balvenie 14 year old Caribbean Cask gave me mixed emotions with it's rum-like dryness and sweetness. It was like a roller coaster ride of good and not that good aromas and taste. Few days before tasting Balvenie's 14 year old Caribbean Cask, I had tried a sample of Ron Matusalem 15 year old Gran Reserva rum. The tastes of these two were very...

Score 79/100