Balvenie 1967 40 Year Old Cask 9915

Balvenie 15 Year Old

Quite a few of these Single Barrels have been released. We will taste four of them along side each other. The older distillates were bottled at a higher ABV than the younger ones. Balvenie started bottling the 15 Year Old Single Barrel at 47,8% ABV in 2002. That means this is not cask strength, of course. Note than the difference between these...

Score 83/100

Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 2

David Stewart, the Master Blender at Balvenie, has his own favourite marrying tun. You have guessed it, it is the Tun 1401. In i the married several specially selected casks for about three months to create this special whisky that has proven to be very popular. Seven batches of this Tun 1401 has already been released, but not all of them for the...

Score 89/100

Balvenie 1993 Port Wood Finish

The final dram in our Balvenie tasting is a bit of a treat. This was third in a series of special release port finishes in 1989, 1991 and 1993 that were precursors to the Portwood that is now part of the core range. This is a 12 year old whisky finished in port pipes. It is worthwhile contrasting this to the Signature and the Doublewood; all 12...

Score 91/100

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