Ballantine's Whisky

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  Ballantines 17 years old Signature Distillery Scapa Blended Scotch Whisky 43%

  Item no.: 505956-498796-722

  Distillery: ballantine's Age: 17 years Type: Blended Scotch Whisky Alc. strength: 43 % 70 cl. Other: Signature Distillery - Limited Edition

   

  • 1pcs.
    201,00EUR
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  Ballantines Christmas Reserve Limited Edition Blended Scotch Whisky 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 505956-11687493-12

  Something happens to a blend when it puts on winter clothes. Christmas Reserve arrives in festive dress, yet the heart of it is the same calm, honeyed Speyside tone the house has traded on since 1827. A dram for the dark hours, once the tree is decorated and the house has gone quiet.

  The expert's description

  Ballantine's Christmas Reserve Limited Edition is a Blended Scotch Whisky matured in oak casks and bottled at 40 %.

  Christmas Reserve is the house's festive release, a limited December bottling built on the same blending school George Ballantine founded when he opened his grocery shop in Edinburgh in 1827. The backbone is Speyside malt from Miltonduff and Glenburgie, two distilleries Ballantine's has drawn on for decades, and the source of the blend's soft, faintly floral centre.

  The Christmas dressing is more than decoration. This one is made for the December shelf and disappears again once the new year has turned, which is exactly the sort of bottle that ends up standing unopened in the cabinet. Malt and grain whisky are married here, and the grain gives the round, almost creamy texture that lets it drink well without water.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Flower honey and ripe apple first, then vanilla and a dry cereal sweetness. Behind it sits a hint of almond and pale oak.

  Palate

  Soft and round with caramel, pear and light cinnamon. Malt steps forward halfway through and lends a little weight before the grain settles as a creamy film.

  Finish

  Short to medium, dry and malty with a last note of honey and oak.

  Specifications

  Name: Ballantine's Christmas Reserve Limited Edition
  Distillery: Ballantine's
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 40 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Oak casks
  Edition: Christmas Reserve Limited Edition
  EAN no.: 5000299603161

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Honeyed · Fruity · Creamy · Lightly spiced

  Did you know?

  George Ballantine was 19 when he opened his first shop in Edinburgh. He sold groceries for years before whisky became the main business at all, and the firm received a Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1895.

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  • 1pcs.
    93,75EUR
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  Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865451-18120- 70cl

  Some bottles are built to impress. This one is built to be there. Finest is the workhorse of the Ballantine stable, the blend standing at the back of every bar from Glasgow to Barcelona, and it has never tried to be anything other than exactly what it is.

  The expert's description

  Ballantine's Finest is a Blended Scotch Whisky matured in oak casks and bottled at 40 %.

  Finest is the house bestseller and has been for generations. The blend draws on more than 40 different single malts, with Miltonduff and Glenburgie as the load-bearing Speyside voices, and the grain whisky ties it together into something light, floral and very approachable. The Master Blender role has been handed down since 1827, and the recipe has stayed remarkably steady.

  This is not a whisky that demands concentration. It is built to be drunk over ice, in a highball or in a simple cocktail, and it takes that treatment without falling apart. If you are teaching someone to drink Scotch, this is a sensible place to start.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale and light. Apple blossom, vanilla and a dry cereal note, with a hint of hay and pale oak behind it.

  Palate

  Light in the good sense, with honey, green apple and a little vanilla sweetness. The malt is there but it does not push forward.

  Finish

  Short, clean and slightly dry. No bitterness, no edges.

  Specifications

  Name: Ballantine's Finest
  Distillery: Ballantine's
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 40 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Oak casks
  EAN no.: 5010106113127

  Flavour profile

  Light · Floral · Honeyed · Soft · Fresh

  Did you know?

  Ballantine's once kept its own guards at the Dumbarton warehouses. Two Scottish eagles, Glen and Nevis, were used for years to keep gulls and pigeons off the buildings, and they appeared on the company's own letterhead.

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  • 1pcs.
    26,75EUR
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  Ballantines Vintage Bottle 3 Finest Scotch Blended Whisky 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 861451-5567414

  Some bottles carry the years right on their skin — a label faded grey, edges softened by decades, glass holding the patina of a completely different era. This is one of those bottles: a Ballantine's Finest.

  Expert's Description

  Ballantine's Finest Scotch Whisky is a Blended Scotch Whisky bottled at 40%. This particular bottle is an older export edition for the German market, marked "Ausländisches Erzeugnis" and imported by Lucas Bols in Neuss on the Rhine — a label style and importer marking that, based on comparable bottlings in whisky databases, dates to the 1970s. Ballantine's Finest is the distillery's oldest and best-selling recipe, first launched in 1910, built on a blend of more than 50 single malt whiskies with Miltonduff and Glenburgie at its core, rounded out with grain whisky. The label still carries the classic coat of arms granted by the Lord Lyon, with the motto Amicus Humani Generis. The bottle shows clear signs of age and storage, and both the label and cap are worn and soiled — this is a bottle bought for its history, not for pouring at the bar.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Soft grain and ripe apple, with a touch of honey and a faint wisp of smoke underneath.

  Palate

  Round and lightly sweet, with caramel, barley and a warm dusting of black pepper.

  Finish

  Short and softly rounded, with a last trace of toffee.

  Specifications

  Name: Ballantine's Finest Scotch Whisky
  Distillery: George Ballantine & Son Limited
  Region/Country: Dumbarton, Scotland
  Type: Blended Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 5010106113127

  Distillery: Ballantine's

  Flavour Profile

  Fruity · Spiced · Lightly smoky · Softly sweet

  Did You Know?

  Since 1959, Ballantine's Dumbarton distillery has had an unusual security detail — a flock of geese known as the "Scotch Watch", which patrolled the warehouses and raised the alarm whenever anyone approached uninvited.

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  • 1pcs.
    50,75EUR