Balvenie 15 Single Barrel

Balvenie 15 Years Single Barrel

Balvenie 15 Years Single Barrel 70cl 47.8% vol. It is a Speyside single malt in which the notes of honey, heather and spicy oak stand out. Distilled on 01/24/91, it has been aged in a single ex-bourbon barrel and bottled by hand on 03/30/07 directly from barrel # 970. As a single barrel we can detect small variations depending on the barrel.

The Balvenie Distillery

The Balvenie distillery is located in Dufftown in the Scottish region of Speyside. In 1892 William Grant began the reconstruction and adaptation of an 18th-century mansion to turn it into a distillery. In May 1893 the first distillation took place in The Balvenie.

William Grant & Sons are the owners of three neighboring distilleries The Balvenie; Glenfiddich and Kininvie. The Balvenie was built very close to Glenfiddich, sharing the Robbie Dhu water spring. Everything and that Glenfiddich and Balvenie share distiller, the characters of the distilleries differ greatly. The Balvenie is one of the few Scottish distilleries to use its own milkshake floors and hand cut peat in the vicinity of the distillery.

In the 2006 International Spirits Challenge contest, the distillery won a gold medal for its 10-year Founder's Reserve, 12-year-old DoubleWood, 17-year-old Balvenie New Wood, 21-year-old PortWood, Balvenie Thirty and Balvenie Portwood 1991. It is the largest number of medals won by a distillery in a year since the first edition of the competition in 1995.

Tasting notes and interesting data of Balvenie 15 Years Single Barrel

Country: Scotland.

Region: Speyside.

Style: Single Malt.

Aging: Distilled on 01/24/91, has been aged in a single ex-bourbon barrel and bottled by hand on 03/30/07 directly from barrel # 970.

Nose: Soft, delicate and sweet notes, floral notes with honey, heather and oak.

Mouth: The entrance is floral, followed by nutty notes with ripe dark fruit and honey.

Finish: The end is short with floral notes and honey.

La Llar del Vi Recommendation:

Balvenie 15 Years Single Barrel is a whiskey to drink slowly, which presents a wide range of aromas and flavors, to enjoy while you entertain yourself discovering the different floral, sweet and spicy notes that it presents. In addition, being presented as a single barrel gives us the option of returning, after a while, to enjoy another barrel that will have different connotations.