Balvenie 12 Year Old Single Barrel First Fill

Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask

Nose great big vanilla punch on this one (it has been opened longer than others). Flavour is long lasting with a pinch of caramel. Really shows a great deal of oak. Chewy, but smooth body.

Score 82/100

Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Barrel Sherry Cask

My first experience with Balvenie was a bottle of their single cask series, back in 2011, the first year of my whisky journey. I bought one for my uncle after reading about it or hearing about it on a video review. When I tried it I liked it and I _think_ that I bought a bottle from the same cask, which now rests in the bunker. I believe that...

Score 86/100

Balvenie 15 Year Old

This tasting is from my currently opened 15 yo Single Barrel that was in Cask 15-9-80 # 141, Bottled 11-1-00 # 151. I still have another unopened bottle in reserve from 23-1-81, 20-6-97 and this is the 3rd bottle I have owned. As stated by others, since these are single barrel offerings, each barrel will be unique and slightly different. Even...

Score 90/100

Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask

Now that I'm into my third or fourth glass of this whisky (not in a row), I'm finding it easy to forget about the rum cask finish and to focus on the malt itself. Because for me, this whisky is all about the malt. The nose needs some time and a bit of water to open, after which deliciously clean, fresh, vanilla- and citrus-infused malt emerges. A...

Score 95/100