Balvenie Whisky

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  Balvenie 12 Year Old Montilla Wine Seasoned Cask Speyside Malt Whisky 47.3%

  Item no.: 2227428-33587

  Andalusia makes more than sherry. In Montilla-Moriles south of Cordoba they ripen Pedro Ximenez grapes under a sun that makes the rest of Spain look cool, and the result is a wine most whisky people have never heard of. Balvenie brought the casks home.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 12 Montilla Wine Cask is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in European oak casks seasoned with Montilla wine and bottled at 47.3 %.

  The release belongs to A Collection of Curious Casks, where Balvenie puts the spotlight on cask types the distillery does not normally use. Montilla is a Spanish dessert wine made from Pedro Ximenez, so the casks carry a sweetness close to sherry but with different acidity and a lighter fruit expression.

  The whisky was selected by Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie, who took over the baton from David Stewart, and it is hand filled in Speyside. Twelve years in European oak gives weight and spice, while the Balvenie honey character still sits clearly underneath.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Flower honey, pale sugar and lightly toasted oak. A vinous note sits behind it, more fresh than heavy.

  Palate

  Sweet caramel first, then vanilla, dried apricot and warm spice. The higher strength gives it structure and keeps the fruit in place.

  Finish

  Fresh and balanced, with fruit and wood taking turns at a steady pace.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 12 år Montilla Wine Cask
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 47,3 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: European oak casks seasoned with Montilla wine
  Edition: A Collection of Curious Casks
  EAN no.: 5010327526386

  Flavour profile

  Fruity · Honeyed · Spiced · Vinous · Full bodied

  Investment potential

  Medium. The Curious Casks series is made in limited parcels and not repeated, and Montilla casks are rare in Scotch whisky. That makes the release interesting to collectors following the Balvenie experiments with cask types.

  Did you know?

  Montilla-Moriles lies so far inland that the grapes often reach more than 15 per cent natural sugar without any added spirit. A Montilla PX can therefore be sweet without being fortified, unlike sherry.

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  • 1pcs.
    80,25EUR
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  Balvenie 12 years old Doublewood Single Speyside Malt Whisky 40%

  Item no.: 22227865428

  There is a handful of bottles the whole whisky world uses as a yardstick, and DoubleWood is one of them. It was not the first whisky to see two cask types, but it was the one that made the rest of Scotland understand why that was a good idea.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 12 DoubleWood is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in American oak casks, finished in Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at 40 %.

  DoubleWood is David Stewart's work. He was Malt Master at Balvenie for more than five decades and was already experimenting in the 1980s with moving fully matured whisky into a second cask type for the final months. Today the method is called cask finishing and almost everyone uses it, but DoubleWood from 1993 was the release that put it on the map.

  The first nine to twelve years are spent in traditional American oak casks, which give vanilla, honey and a light, creamy texture. The whisky then moves into European Oloroso sherry casks for roughly nine months, and that is where the raisin, orange peel and spice arrive. The parcels are finally married in a large tun before bottling.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Honey and dried fruit first, then vanilla, cinnamon and a note of orange peel. A light nutty warmth sits underneath it all.

  Palate

  Round and soft with raisin, spiced oak and vanilla sweetness. The sherry influence is clear but never heavy, and the malt holds the balance the whole way.

  Finish

  Medium and warm with spiced sweetness and a last breath of sherry and oak.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 12 år DoubleWood
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 40 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: American oak casks, finished in Oloroso sherry casks
  EAN no.: 5010327505138

  Flavour profile

  Sherry matured · Honeyed · Fruity · Soft · Spiced

  Did you know?

  Balvenie is one of very few Scottish distilleries with its own barley field, its own floor maltings, its own cooper and its own coppersmith on site. Roughly a tenth of the malt is still turned on the distillery own floors.

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  • 1pcs.
    73,50EUR
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  Balvenie 12 years old First Fill Single Barrel Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 47.8%

  Item no.: 22227865428-203

  A single cask, no smoothing out, no safety net. Single Barrel is Balvenie without make-up, where everything hangs on which barrel the cooper rolled forward that day. Some casks are better than others. That is the entire point.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 12 Single Barrel First Fill is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in 1st fill American oak barrels and bottled at 47.8 %.

  First fill means the cask has never held Scotch whisky before. The oak is fresh, the sugar layers in the wood are untouched, and the influence is therefore markedly stronger than in a refill cask. Balvenie uses American white oak that previously held bourbon, and that gives vanilla, coconut and a thick, honeyed sweetness.

  Every bottling comes from one single cask, and no more than 300 bottles are drawn from each barrel. That means no two releases in the series taste quite the same, and the label on your bottle belongs to the exact cask it came from. The bottling strength of 47.8 % keeps the texture full without burning.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Powerful vanilla, coconut and peach. Behind it sits fresh oak, brown sugar and a note of buttery cake.

  Palate

  Full and oily with honey, caramel and spiced oak. The higher strength carries the sweetness forward without making it cloying.

  Finish

  Long and warm with vanilla, dried apricot and a dry touch of oak at the end.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 12 år Single Barrel First Fill
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 47,8 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill American oak barrels
  Edition: Single Barrel First Fill

  Flavour profile

  Vanilla · Honeyed · Full bodied · Spiced · Creamy

  Investment potential

  Medium. Single cask bottlings from Balvenie exist in very small numbers and cannot be recreated once the cask is empty. Demand for the distillery single casks has risen steadily among collectors.

  Did you know?

  Balvenie keeps its own cooper on site, and casks are repaired and rebuilt right there. That is one reason the distillery can keep such a close eye on which barrels end up in the Single Barrel series.

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  • 1pcs.
    80,25EUR
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  Balvenie 12 years old The Sweet Toast of American Oak Speyside Malt Whisky 43%

  Item no.: 22227865428-2030

  The cooper toasts the cask over an open fire and the wood turns from pale to honey gold. That smell is what this bottle is built around: warm timber, burnt sugar and a little smoke off the coals, long before anyone pours whisky in.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 12 The Sweet Toast of American Oak is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in American oak, finished in new toasted oak casks and bottled at 43 %.

  The bottle belongs to The Balvenie Stories, a series where every release is tied to a specific story from the distillery. Here the story is the cooperage. The whisky takes its first maturation in traditional American casks and then moves into new, heavily toasted oak where the sugars in the wood have been caramelised by the heat.

  The second cask type is what matters. New oak gives quickly and generously, and the toasting turns the natural sugars in the timber into vanilla and caramel notes. Bottling at 43 % keeps the texture in place without letting the wood take over the whole glass.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Warm vanilla, burnt sugar and pale caramel. Underneath sits a hint of coconut and freshly planed timber.

  Palate

  Sweet and wood driven with toffee, vanilla and a light peppery edge. The malt holds back the sweetness and gives it a little resistance.

  Finish

  Medium with toasted oak, caramel and a dry, warm close.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 12 år The Sweet Toast of American Oak
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 43 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: American oak, finished in new toasted oak casks
  Edition: The Balvenie Stories

  Flavour profile

  Vanilla · Caramel · Oak driven · Soft · Lightly spiced

  Did you know?

  Balvenie is one of the last distilleries with full-time coopers on its own site. They repair and rebuild casks there, and it is exactly that kind of cask this release is built around.

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  • 1pcs.
    80,25EUR
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  Balvenie 14 years old The Week of Peat Speyside Malt Whisky 48,3%

  Item no.: 22227865428-2031

  One week a year Balvenie changes track. The peat comes in, the malting floors smell like nothing else all season, and the distillery makes a whisky it otherwise does not make. The rest of the year it waits in cask.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 14 The Week of Peat is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in American oak casks and bottled at 48.3 %.

  Each year the distillery sets aside roughly a week to run peated malt through production. The smoke comes from Scottish peat, and the malt sits at around 30 ppm phenols, which is striking for Speyside but mild next to the heaviest Islay bottlings. The whisky from that week is matured separately and released on its own.

  Fourteen years in American oak lets the smoke settle down. It turns softer, more integrated, and lies as a layer beneath the familiar Balvenie honey sweetness rather than sitting on top of it. The release belongs to The Balvenie Stories series.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft peat smoke, flower honey and vanilla. Behind it sits buttery cake and a hint of sweet malt.

  Palate

  Round and balanced with light smoke, citrus, spice and sweet malt. The smoke lies underneath rather than leading the way.

  Finish

  Long and warm with a spiced close and a last, dry note of smoke.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 14 år The Week of Peat
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 14 years
  ABV: 48,3 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: American oak casks
  Edition: The Balvenie Stories
  EAN no.: 5010327525198

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Honeyed · Spiced · Soft · Malty

  Did you know?

  Balvenie sourced the peat for the first Week of Peat batches from St Fergus in Aberdeenshire. That is the same area supplying several Speyside distilleries, and it gives a drier, earthier smoke than the maritime peat on Islay.

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  • 1pcs.
    113,75EUR
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  Balvenie 15 years old Single Barrel 1979/1999 Cask No 2423 Single Barrel Malt Scotch Whisky 50,4%

  Item no.: 505956-807534-938

  The cask was filled in February 1979 and stood untouched while walls came down, colour television arrived and the internet was invented. When it was finally drawn in the summer of 1999, 350 bottles were left. This is one of them.

  Please note: This is an older bottling from 1999, and the bottle carries the Danish white excise seal.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 15 Single Barrel Cask No. 2423 is a Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in one single oak cask and bottled at 50.4 %.

  The whisky went into cask on 23 February 1979 and was drawn on 14 July 1999 after fifteen years. The cask yielded 350 bottles, and the bottling is neither chill filtered nor colour adjusted. That combination was far from standard in the 1990s, when most distilleries still filtered and coloured as a matter of routine.

  Balvenie Single Barrel bottlings from this period are among the releases collectors look for. The cask cannot be recreated, the spirit comes from a production era with different yeast strains and different barley varieties, and the bottle has now sat for more than two decades since it was filled.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Old oak, wax and dried apricot. Behind it sit honey, pale tobacco and a faint mineral note.

  Palate

  Powerful and oily with honey, candied citrus peel and spiced oak. The high strength carries a dense texture without burning.

  Finish

  Very long, dry and oak driven with wax and a last, warm note of spice.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 15 år Single Barrel Cask No. 2423
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 15 years
  ABV: 50,4 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Oak cask, Cask No. 2423
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: 23 February 1979
  Bottled: 14 July 1999
  Number of bottles: 350
  EAN no.: 5010327505510

  Flavour profile

  Full bodied · Honeyed · Waxy · Spiced · Dry

  Investment potential

  High. A single 1979 cask drawn in 1999 in just 350 bottles cannot be recreated, and supply falls with every bottle opened. Older Balvenie Single Barrel bottlings have been climbing in value at auction over a long run of years.

  Did you know?

  When this cask was filled in 1979, Balvenie ran just five stills. The distillery has expanded several times since, so whisky from that era comes from a plant that in practice no longer exists.

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  • 1pcs.
    804,25EUR
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  Balvenie 15 years old Single Barrel 1980/1996 Cask No 13282 Single Malt Scotch Whisky 100 cl 50,4%

  Item no.: 505956-098460-5

  A litre bottle from 1996 is a time capsule in its own right. Back then the big formats were made for airport duty free, and most of them were drunk on the way home from holiday. This one never got opened.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 15 Single Barrel Cask No. 13282 is a Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in one single oak cask and bottled at 50.4 % in litre format.

  The cask was filled on 6 October 1980 and drawn on 18 January 1996. The outturn was 300 bottles, and the bottling is neither chill filtered nor colour adjusted. The litre format suggests the bottle was originally intended for the duty free market, where the larger sizes dominated through the 1990s.

  The Balvenie Single Barrel series launched in the early 1990s and was among the first official single cask bottlings from a major Speyside distillery. Casks from 1980 are hard to find in original bottling today, and an unopened litre from 1996 counts among the more unusual finds.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dry oak, honey and a strong note of wax. Behind it sit walnut, orange marmalade and a little old leather.

  Palate

  Dense and warm with honey, dried fruit and spiced wood. A clear malt core sits under it all, keeping the oak at arm’s length.

  Finish

  Long and dry with wax, nut and a warm close.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 15 år Single Barrel Cask No. 13282
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 15 years
  ABV: 50,4 %
  Size: 100 CL
  Cask type: Oak cask, Cask No. 13282
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: 6 October 1980
  Bottled: 18 January 1996
  Number of bottles: 300
  EAN no.: 5010327518138

  Flavour profile

  Waxy · Honeyed · Nutty · Full bodied · Dry

  Investment potential

  High. A 1980 cask drawn in 1996 in 300 bottles, in a litre format no longer produced, hits several of the criteria collectors look for. The supply of original 1990s Balvenie Single Barrel bottlings shrinks year by year.

  Did you know?

  Litre bottles quietly disappeared from whisky shelves when intra-EU duty free was abolished in 1999. The format survives in places, but the old 1990s litre bottlings exist only in the numbers made back then.

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  • 1pcs.
    522,75EUR
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  Balvenie 15 years old Single Barrel 1981/1998 Cask No 777 Single Malt Scotch Whisky 100 cl 50,4%

  Item no.: 505956-098460-4

  Cask number 777. It looks like something made up for the occasion, but the number sat on the barrel long before anyone thought of selling the whisky as a single cask. Seventeen years later it went into litre bottles.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 15 Single Barrel Cask No. 777 is a Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in one single oak cask and bottled at 50.4 % in litre format.

  The cask went into the warehouse on 3 February 1981 and was drawn on 9 April 1998. The outturn was 300 bottles, and the whisky is neither chill filtered nor coloured. The bottling falls in the period when Balvenie began giving its single casks a place of their own in the range.

  Seventeen years passed between filling and bottling, even though the label states fifteen years. The age statement refers to the guaranteed minimum age on the bottle, and the gap tells you the cask stood a little longer than it had to before anyone found it.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Honey, ripe pear and pale oak. A note of almond and dried flowers emerges after a couple of minutes in the glass.

  Palate

  Full and sweet with vanilla, honey and candied ginger. The oak is clear but soft, and the alcohol is carried well.

  Finish

  Long, warm and lightly spiced with a last touch of honey sweetness.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 15 år Single Barrel Cask No. 777
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 15 years
  ABV: 50,4 %
  Size: 100 CL
  Cask type: Oak cask, Cask No. 777
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: 3 February 1981
  Bottled: 9 April 1998
  Number of bottles: 300
  EAN no.: 5010327518138

  Flavour profile

  Honeyed · Fruity · Full bodied · Spiced · Soft

  Investment potential

  High. A 1981 cask in 300 bottles, drawn in 1998 and in a litre format no longer produced. Early Balvenie Single Barrel bottlings are sought after, and unopened bottles grow scarcer with every passing year.

  Did you know?

  Balvenie sits right next to Glenfiddich, and the two distilleries share an owner, a water source and part of the site in Dufftown. The spirits are still markedly different, because still shape, fermentation and cask policy are not the same.

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  • 1pcs.
    536,00EUR
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  Balvenie 25 years old Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 48%

  Item no.: 22227865428-13333

  Twenty-five years is a long time to hold your patience. The cask works slowly, a quarter of the contents disappears into the rafters along the way, and what is left has been allowed to find its own shape without anyone pushing it.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie 25 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in refill bourbon casks and sherry casks and bottled at 48 %.

  The bottling is the flagship of the house and was selected by David Stewart, who led the Balvenie malt master role for more than five decades. The whisky is drawn from a small number of casks that lay separately for twenty-five years and are only brought together shortly before bottling. Both American and European oak are represented.

  The 48 % is a deliberate choice. At that strength the whisky keeps its texture and its sherried core without the wood taking charge, which is often the risk with long maturation. After twenty-five years there is still fruit left, and that is rarer than it sounds.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Deep honey, dried fig and orange peel. Behind it sit old oak, dark chocolate and a note of pipe tobacco.

  Palate

  Dense and velvety with raisin, candied ginger and warm spiced oak. The sherry notes run deep without turning sticky, and the malt still holds its ground.

  Finish

  Very long with dark fruit, dry oak and a warm, spiced close that keeps going.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie 25 år
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 25 years
  ABV: 48 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Refill bourbon casks and sherry casks
  EAN no.: 5010327515892

  Flavour profile

  Sherry matured · Full bodied · Spiced · Honeyed · Oak driven

  Investment potential

  Medium. Twenty-five year old bottlings from a distillery with the standing of Balvenie hold a steady market, and stocks of whisky from the early 1990s shrink year by year. Older Balvenie has shown a steady development in value.

  Did you know?

  David Stewart joined William Grant & Sons in 1962 at the age of 17 and spent his first twelve years learning to nose whisky before he was allowed to blend at all. He passed six decades in the trade, making him one of the longest serving malt masters ever.

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  • 1pcs.
    1.139,25EUR
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  Balvenie Founders Reserve Old Version 10 years old Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky 100 cl 43%

  Item no.: 505956-807534-823

  Before DoubleWood took over the shelf, this was the bottle people pointed at when someone asked for Balvenie. The broad cognac shaped bottle, the green label and a distillery that had not yet become a name everyone knew.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie Founder's Reserve 10 years Old Version is a Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky matured in bourbon casks and sherry casks and bottled at 43 % in litre format.

  Founder's Reserve was the Balvenie core bottling through the 1980s and 1990s, named after William Grant, who founded the distillery in 1892. It was phased out in the early 2000s when DoubleWood 12 took over as the entry bottle of the house, and it has not been in production since.

  This is the older version in the distinctive broad bottle that looks more like a cognac bottle than a whisky bottle. The label calls the whisky a Highland Malt, which was common practice at the time, when Speyside was often treated as part of the Highland region rather than as a designation of its own.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Honey, pale cereal and peeled apple. A soft sherry note sits behind it along with a hint of almond.

  Palate

  Round and malty with honeyed sweetness, vanilla and a lightly nutty middle. The sherry is discreet and pulls mainly towards raisin.

  Finish

  Medium, soft and dry at the end with malt and a touch of oak.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie Founder's Reserve 10 år Old Version
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 10 years
  ABV: 43 %
  Size: 100 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks and sherry casks
  Edition: Old Version in cognac shaped bottle

  Flavour profile

  Honeyed · Malty · Soft · Nutty · Lightly sherried

  Investment potential

  Medium. The bottling is discontinued and exists only in the quantities made at the time, and the litre format left the market along with intra-EU duty free. Discontinued Balvenie bottles in original condition are sought after by collectors.

  Did you know?

  William Grant built Balvenie in 1892 by reusing materials from the disused Balvenie New House, and the distillery still stands in the shadow of the 13th century ruins of Balvenie Castle.

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  • 1pcs.
    402,00EUR
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  Balvenie Signature 12 years old Batch 001 Single Speyside Malt Whisky 40%

  Item no.: 22227865428-202

  Batch 001 is the pair of digits collectors look for first. Signature was the Balvenie attempt at showing what three cask types can do together, and the first batch is the one every later release has been measured against.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie Signature 12 Batch 001 is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in 1st fill bourbon casks, refill bourbon casks and sherry casks and bottled at 40 %.

  Signature launched in 2008 as a bottling built on three cask types rather than the usual two. David Stewart selected the casks by hand, and each batch carried its own number. Batch 001 is the first release in the series, which was phased out again a few years later.

  Each cask type plays its own part. First fill bourbon gives vanilla and coconut, the refill casks let the honey character of the spirit come through, and the sherry casks lay raisin and spice on top. Bottling at 40 % keeps the whole thing restrained and coherent.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Honey, vanilla and pale apple, with a note of coconut and a discreet sherry sweetness behind.

  Palate

  Soft and rounded with caramel, raisin and lightly spiced oak. The three cask types pull in different directions but are held together by the malt.

  Finish

  Medium and warm with spice, honey and a dry note of oak.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie Signature 12 år Batch 001
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 40 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill bourbon casks, refill bourbon casks and sherry casks
  Edition: Batch 001
  EAN no.: 5010327525617

  Flavour profile

  Honeyed · Vanilla · Soft · Spiced · Lightly sherried

  Investment potential

  Medium. The series is discontinued, and Batch 001 is the first and most sought after of the numbered releases. First batches generally hold a stronger position on the collector market than those that follow.

  Did you know?

  Balvenie is one of the few Scottish distilleries still growing part of its own barley in the fields around the site. Grain from the Balvenie Mains farm goes straight into the floor maltings for a few weeks each year.

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  • 1pcs.
    335,00EUR
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  Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 4 Single Speyside Malt Whisky 51,7%

  Item no.: 22227865428-5003

  Tun 1509 is not a cask but a vat. A large, old wooden tun standing in warehouse 24, where whisky from several barrels is left to sit together for months until the edges have worn off and the whole thing speaks with one voice.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 4 is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in bourbon casks and sherry casks, married in Tun 1509 and bottled at 51.7 % without chill filtration.

  The series works by having David Stewart select a small number of casks, empty them into the large wooden tun known as Tun 1509 and let the contents stand and find each other over several months. Batch 4 is assembled from 23 casks, few enough that each individual cask can still be felt.

  Bottling happens without chill filtration and at high strength, so the oils and fatty acids filtration would otherwise strip out are allowed to stay. That gives a denser texture and a fuller mouthfeel than the standard bottlings of the distillery carry.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Honey, dried fruit and cinnamon. Behind it sit vanilla, ginger and a note of old oak.

  Palate

  Full and oily with malt, honey and warm spice. The high strength gives it an edge without turning sharp.

  Finish

  Long and warm with spice, dried fruit and a soft close of oak.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 4
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  ABV: 51,7 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks and sherry casks, married in Tun 1509
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Edition: Batch 4
  EAN no.: 5010327525983

  Flavour profile

  Full bodied · Honeyed · Spiced · Sherry matured · Cask strength

  Investment potential

  Medium. The Tun 1509 batches are made in limited runs and never repeated, and the early batches are the hardest to find. The series has an established following among Balvenie collectors.

  Did you know?

  Tun 1509 is named after the vessel itself, which was brought back into use after standing idle for years. It holds around 8,000 litres and sits in warehouse 24 on the distillery site.

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  • 1pcs.
    428,75EUR
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  Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 7 Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 52,4%

  Item no.: 222555-4412

  Twenty-one casks, one vat and a couple of months of waiting. Batch 7 is the seventh time Balvenie has poured a selected team of whiskies together in warehouse 24 and let them talk it out before anyone bottled a thing.

  The expert's description

  Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 7 is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in bourbon casks and sherry casks, married in Tun 1509 and bottled at 52.4 % without chill filtration.

  Batch 7 is assembled from 21 casks, two fewer than batch 4, and the strength sits a little higher. The casks were chosen individually and emptied into the large wooden tun, where the whisky was left standing for several months before bottling in Speyside.

  This is the sort of release where comparing the batches is half the pleasure. Every batch has its own cask composition and its own strength, and the differences between two numbers can read more clearly than the difference between two age stated bottlings from the same distillery.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Sweet malt, dried apricot and candied ginger. Underneath sit vanilla and a warm note of oak.

  Palate

  Powerful and creamy with honey, cinnamon and dark fruit. The strength carries the heavy texture, and the sherry lies as a layer beneath the malt sweetness.

  Finish

  Very long with spice, dried fruit and a warm, dry close of oak.

  Specifications

  Name: Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 7
  Distillery: Balvenie
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  ABV: 52,4 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks and sherry casks, married in Tun 1509
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Edition: Batch 7

  Flavour profile

  Full bodied · Creamy · Spiced · Sherry matured · Cask strength

  Investment potential

  Medium. Each Tun 1509 batch is made in a limited run and never repeated, and the series has a steady following among Balvenie collectors. Supply of individual batches falls steadily as bottles are opened.

  Did you know?

  Balvenie was the first distillery to put a malt master forward as the public face of the whisky. David Stewart appeared on labels and in marketing long before that became common in the trade.

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    495,75EUR
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  Burnside 14 year old Woodrows of Edinburgh Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 52%

  Item no.: 222233-8554

  Sometimes the label says less than it could. Burnside is one of those names used when a distillery does not want its real name on the bottle — but the character in the glass is unmistakable.

  Please note: Burnside is the designation for so-called teaspooned Balvenie. It means a cask from the Balvenie distillery has had a minimal amount of spirit from another distillery added, typically Glenfiddich. This is done to prevent the whisky being marketed as an official Balvenie single malt, but it still clearly carries Balvenie's character.

  Expert description

  Burnside 14 Years Woodrow's of Edinburgh is a Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky from Single Cask #900019, bottled at cask strength, 52%, without chill filtration and without added colour.

  The whisky was distilled on 27 April 2011, and the cask gave 330 bottles. Woodrow's of Edinburgh is an independent bottler based in Leith that buys and matures casks in its own bonded warehouse and bottles in small batches or as single casks.

  The house philosophy is about bringing out the personality of the individual cask rather than smoothing it away. Natural colour, no filtration and cask strength are standard, and that makes the bottlings considerably more direct than most official releases.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Honey and malted grain with baked apple, vanilla and a trace of flower honey.

  Palate

  Full and sweet with honey cake, dried fruit and pale oak. The strength brings warmth without shouting.

  Finish

  Long and dry with grain, spice and a lightly bitter oak note.

  Specifications

  Name: Burnside 14 Years Woodrows of Edinburgh Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 52%
  Distillery: Burnside
  Bottler: Woodrow's of Edinburgh
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 14 years
  ABV: 52%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Single Cask #900019
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: 27/04/2011
  Number of bottles: 330

  Flavour profile

  Honeyed · Malty · Fruity · Spiced · Powerful

  Investment potential

  Medium. A single cask of 330 bottles from a smaller bottler, and teaspooned names like Burnside have a steady following among collectors of Speyside malt.

  Did you know?

  The practice of teaspooning arose because distilleries wanted to sell casks without losing control of their own trademark. A single spoonful from another distillery legally turns the whisky into a blended malt.

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  • 1pcs.
    113,75EUR