Balvenie 21 Year Old Port Wood Finish First Release

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak

With job-searching and life-planning filling up my spring & summer means i haven't been able to spend too much time reviewing whiskies. But during my little "off-time" at my parents place in the south of Sweden, i found that my dear dad had kept a now discontinued Balvenie around. Which one? The 17 year old "Sherry Wood"!...

Score 86/100

Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood

Its been awhile since I've written a review. So lets get to it eh? Color: Gentle Amber Nose: At the beginning notes of sherry, sweet baked breads and not so sweet homemade grape jam. With time bourbon notes come to the front in the way of sweet caramel, vanilla, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Its interesting how changed almost completely. I would...

Score 81/100

Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 1

The Balvenie Tun 1401 releases are legendary but by now almost nowhere to be found or simply unaffordable. I feel quite lucky to have tried two batches (2 and 8). Now Balvenie returns with a new series named Tun 1509. This vat is four times as big as tun 1401. The first batch consists of no less than 42 casks: 35 bourbon casks and 7 sherry casks...

Score 89/100

Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 3

Fantastic expression I hope every whisky anorak gets to try. This is by far the best Balvenie I have tasted in 25 years of drinking single malt. Dark gold in color N: wonderful dark fruits (plumbs, red grapes, ripe blue berries), old leather and wood (I love this scent), beeswax P: Smooth velvety mouth feel, dreamy sherry, figs, vanilla, light...

Score 96/100