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$102.99
Bottled at 40% the Balvenie Double Wood is matured in ex-Bourbon casks before finising in Oloroso sherry casks for 9 months. The whisky is then married in tuns for 3-4 months before bottling.
Producer Description
"DoubleWood 12 was launched in 1993, using a process designed by our Malt Master David Stewart in 1982, now commonly known as 'wood finishing'. To make The Balvenie DoubleWood, David Stewart MBE takes whisky that has spent at least 12 years in traditional whisky casks, American Oak ex-bourbon barrels and hogsheads, and moves it to Spanish oak ex-Oloroso sherry casks for an additional nine months. The whisky is then transferred to large oak vessels called “tuns” for 3-4 months to allow the whiskies from individual casks to “marry”.'
750 mlProducer Tasting Note
Nose: Sweet fruit and Oloroso sherry notes, layered with honey and vanilla.
Taste: Smooth and mellow with beautifully combined flavours ~ nutty sweetness, cinnamon spiciness and a delicately proportioned layer of sherry.
Finish: Long and Warming
Balvenie is one of the two major Speyside distilleries owned by William Grant & Sons. It is typically one of the top 10 best selling Scottish Single Malt Brands worldwide - but the distillery’s production and sales are dwarfed by another William Grant & Sons operation that goes by the name Glenfiddich. You could say that Balvenie gets overshadowed by the giant that is its neighbouring sister distillery Glenfiddich, but then again which distilleries in Scotland aren’t?
Balvenie was built in 1892 on a 12 acre site next to its sister distillery Glenfiddich. The first spirit ran from the stills in 1893. Originally referred to as Glen Gordon, it was renamed in honour of the ruined nearby Balvenie Castle.
The Balvenie distillery still operates its own floor maltings on site - though it is only responsible for up to 15% of the malt needed for its own production. The house whisky profile is typically well-rounded and honeyed in style. Hints of peat can sometimes be found, but typically not in amounts great enough to keep it from being a crowd-pleaser.
Both as a distillery and as a brand, Balvenie has enjoyed a great deal of success over the past half-century - due in no small part to a gentleman named David Stewart. David is the Malt Master at Balvenie who has played a large role in making this single malt as sought after as it is to this day. He was one of the first to experiment with cask finishing with the introduction of the venerable Balvenie 12-Year-Old Doublewood in 1993. In 2017 David marked his 55th year of service in the whisky industry with William Grants.
Cask finishing plays a role in much of the of the current lineup for Balvenie. The distillery was one of the first to introduce a finished single malt with the launch of Double Wood in 1993. It remains a staple for the brand, matured in ex-Bourbon before finishing for a short period in ex-Sherry.
$104.99
Bottled at 46.4% the 2024 edition of the Glenturret 12 Year was created from whiskies matured in PX & Oloroso Sherry seasoned Eruopean & American Oak.
Producer Description
"The Glenturret 12 Years Old whisky sits at the heart of our 2024 Core Range. American and European Oak, with influences from both Oloroso & Pedro Ximenez seasoned casks, create a rich expression at 46.4% ABV.
Crafted with care and expertise, this expression embodies the essence of The Glenturret’s history and tradition.
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$1379.99
The latest 25 year old offering from the venerable Balvenie Distillery also comes with a brand new, slightly higher price. Though not too high, at least. This quarter century single malt has been carefully put together by the legendary David Stewart. Bottled at 48%.
Producer Description
"To craft The Balvenie Twenty-Five, David carefully chose some of The Balvenie’s rarest Traditional American and European Oak casks to create the special tasting profiles designed for the range. These single malt whiskies had matured for twenty-five years and were handpicked to complete the layers of flavor envisioned. The two casks were then married together in the brand’s Traditional Oak Tuns for just the right amount of time to become one sophisticatedly simplistic expression."
$118.99
The Glenfarclas 105 was featured on Day 7 of our 2021 KWM Whisky Calendar.
The Glenfarclas 105 was introduced more than 50 years ago, back in 1968. It was the first small batch, cask strength Single Malt Whisky released by a distillery. Like everything that Glenfarclas Distillery releases, the whisky within the 105 was matured entirely in ex-sherry casks. No age statement is given on the bottles, but my guess is we are looking at a whisky that is between 7-10 years old. And of course, it is bottled at a bracing 60% ABV or 105 British proof - hence the name. Pour a bit into your glass and it a taste!
$182.99
100% Oloroso Sherry Cask Matured, the 17 year is bottled at 43%.
