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Balvenie 17 Year Old Islay Cask (70cl, 43%)
In the making of The Balvenie IslayCask, David Stewart selected Balvenie single malt which had matured in traditional oak casks for at least 17 years and transferred it into 94 casks which had previously held Islay single malt. After six months he felt the casks had imparted the desired delicate amount of peaty notes, typical of Islay, whilst retaining the distinctively honeyed character of The Balvenie. The Balvenie IslayCask was bottled in 2001 and the late Michael Jackson, world renowned whisky expert and author of The Malt Whisky Companion, wrote the following about it:
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Islay Cask
Bottled 2003
Stated Age 17 years old
Cask Type Oak Casks + Islay Casks Matured
Strength 43.0 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
Balvenie 21 Year Old PortWood First Release 70cl, 40%
Drawn from the rare reserves of exceptional Balvenie, this 21-year-old Old Bottling This is the original, first release of Balvenie 21 year old. This whisky was matured in traditional oak casks before being transferred to Port pipes. is notable for its great complexity and depth. Delicately fruity, with notes of smoky peach and raisin, it was specially finished in port pipes.
Balvenie 1991 PortWood Finish (70cl, 40%)
A 1991 vintage Balvenie, released as part of it distillery’s PortWood series. As you can expect from the name, this whisky enjoyed a finishing period in Port casks, resulting in delicious fruit notes running through its core.
Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary (70cl, 43%)
A special, limited edition 25 year old expression of the iconic Balvenie DoubleWood. This whisky was released in 2018 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the DoubleWood 12 Year Old.
2018 marks the 25th anniversary of The Balvenie DoubleWood, and so to celebrate we are looking back at its journey.
Just as DoubleWood pairs two woods, we have brought together pairings of our own for a celebratory dram. In each film our distillery brand ambassador David Mair sits down with a familiar face from the DoubleWood’s history, to look back at the last 25 years and forward to the future. Our first guest is David Stewart MBE, Balvenie malt master and the DoubleWood’s creator, who discusses his fond Balvenie memories. Next we sat down with head cooper Ian McDonald, who after nearly half a century at the distillery has more than a story or two to share. Finally, we look towards the future with Kelsey McKechnie as she embarks on her malt master apprenticeship under David Stewart.
A Double wood edition from Balvenie and aged for 12 years, being transferred between traditional oak casks and first filled European oak sherry casks. It was a winner at the 2012 IWSC taking gold in the whiskey scotch category. Presented in a wonderful handmade wooden gift tube.
This bottle was part of a private collection – if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
Balvenie 14 Year Old 2003 Vintage Peat Week (70cl, 48.3%)
Since 2002, the Balvenie distillers have dedicated one week a year to distilling whisky with 100% peated barley, resulting in the Peat Week bottlings! This is the second release in the series – a 14 year old single malt distilled in 2003, showing off hearty helping of rich smoke.
Balvenie 1989 Port Wood Finish (70cl, 40%)
While the Berlin wall was being taken down, Balvenie was distilling this beauty. Aged first in American oak and finished in port casks, this vintage release is on the lighter side of Balvenie. All Balvenie’s characteristics are here, with notes of caramel, vanilla and honey. The tannins from the port cask add some nice grip to it.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie PortWood
Vintage 1989
Cask type American Oak & Tawny Port Pipes
Strength 40.0 % Vol.Size 700 ml
Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve 70cl, 40%
A great 10 year old from Balvenie. Founder’s Reserve is Whisky Magazine Recommended, Michael Jackson suggests this might be the most “honeyish of Speyside malts”.
Balvenie 27 Year Old A Rare Discovery From Distant Shores (70cl, 48%)
A 27-year-old Balvenie single malt that was discovered by chance by David Stewart from the inventory of travelling salesman John Barret. Rich and indulgent, this whisky has been finished in oak that previously held Caroni rum.
An impressive addition to The Balvenie Stories Range, A Rare Discovery From Distant Shores celebrates the friendship and collaboration between different spirits producers. Matured for 27 years, this single malt spent its final seven years finishing in ex-Caroni rum casks, which ought to be pretty exciting for fans of the long-closed Trinidadian distillery. We all know how well Balvenie’s whisky does in a rum cask, and these rare barrels found their way to the distillery thanks to a meeting between its head distiller David Stewart and John Barrett of legendary rum bottler, Bristol Spirits. What a serendipitous meeting that was, celebrated in the form of this magnificent whisky.
Balvenie 25 Year Old Rare Marriages (70cl, 48%)
A 25-year-old single malt from Balvenie’s Rare Marriages series, matured exclusively in European and American oak casks and married in a tun to create a fruity, elegant whisky. Aromas of autumn fruits, runny honey, crystalised ginger and oaky spice fill the nose, complemented by notes of toasted marshmallows, apple tart, cinnamon and fruit salad throughout the palate.
Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve (1L, 43%)
A great 10 year old from Balvenie. Founder’s Reserve is Whisky Magazine Recommended, Michael Jackson suggests this might be the most “honeyish of Speyside malts”.
Balvenie 17 Year Old Madeira Cask First Edition Release 2009 (70cl, 43%)
This Balvenie was released in 2009 and is another excellent version of the 17 year old, finished in Madeira casks.
Part of Balvenie’s group of six limited edition cask finished 17 year olds. This was initially matured in traditional oak casks before a finish in Madeira fortified wine casks.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Madeira Cask
Vintage 1992
Bottled 2009
Stated Age 17 years old
Cask Type Madeira Casks
Strength 43.0 % Vol.
Bottle Code: L6T 6731 2307 19:18:04
Balvenie Classic Bot.1980s (75cl, 43%)
From the world renowned Balvenie Distillery in the Scottish Highlands, this Balvenie Classic 1980’s is a sublime single malt Scotch Whisky. Featuring a 1892 dated wax seal, the year the distillery first opened, this whisky comes in a unique 75cl flat bottle.
Balvenie 18 Year Old Classic Bot.1980s (75cl, 43%)
A flat bottle of Balvenie Classic from the 1980s. This bottling states its age of 18 years on the wax seal at the base of the neck. This is one of the rarer versions of these very collectable Balvenies.
Category Single Malt
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling series Classic
Stated Age 18 years old
Strength 43.0 % Vol.
Size 750 ml
Balvenie 30 Year Old (Old Bottling) (70cl, 47.3%)
An older style of bottling of Balvenie’s 30 year Old single malt Scotch whisky, drawn from “traditional whisky oak casks and European oak sherry casks”. A collectible piece for the Balvenie boffins out there.
This bottle was part of a private collection – if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
Balvenie 18 Year Old 2005 A Collection of Curious Casks 70cl, 47.9%
This is the classic unpeated Balvenie aged in American oak before finishing in French Pineau casks. Pineau des Charentes is a speciality of the Cognac region, a blend of unfermented grape juice and brandy aged in oak to produce a popular sweet digestif. It works beautifully with The Balvenie’s sweet, fruity profile.
Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 7 70cl, 52.4%
Behold, the seventh batch of Balvenie Tun 1509! A hugely popular series of expressions from the distillery, named after the tun in which the whisky is married for three months before bottling up. This particular edition was made using whisky drawn from 21 hand-picked casks, including ten sherry butts, seven sherry hogsheads and four American oak barrels. Following its marrying period, it was bottled up at 52.4% ABV.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Batch No. 7
Bottled 2020
Cask Type Refill Sherry Butts, Ex-Bourbon Barrels
Strength 52.4%
Vol.Size 700 ml & 750 ml
Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 5 70cl, 52.6%
Behold, Balvenie’s fifth batch of its Tun 1509, a fantastic single malt from the distillery in Speyside, which sees a host of casks selected to be married together in the eponymous Tun 1509. For this one, the lucky casks selected to be married together were ten bourbon barrels, eight sherry hogsheads, three refill American oak casks and eight sherry butts.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Batch No. 5
Bottled 2018
Cask Type 10 bourbon barrel, 8 Sherry Hogsheads, 3 refill American oak casks, 8 sherry butts
Number of bottles 8000
Strength 52.6 %
Vol.Size 700 ml & 750 ml
Balvenie 17 Year Old Peated Cask Non Chill Filtered Release (70cl, 48.7%)
This Balvenie single malt was matured in a combination of heavily-peated whisky casks and new American oak barrels. It carries all the hallmark flavours that we’ve come to expect from this distillery, including honeycomb and nuts, accompanied by charred cinnamon, Nutella over warm toast and a delicious puff of smoke.
Distillery Balvenie
Bottler Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie Peated Cask
Bottled estimated 2010
Stated Age 17 years old
Cask Type ex-Bourbon & new American Oak
Number of bottles 6000
Strength 48.7 %
Vol.Size 700 ml
Bottle Code: L34W4170020206:31:21
Balvenie 21 Year Old PortWood Non Chill Filtered Release (70cl, 47.6%)
A rare bottling of the ultimate and award-winning 21 years old Balvenie Portwood Finish Highland Single Malt Whisky in the non chill-filtered release with an increased alcohol content of 47.6% vol., exclusively bottled in a limited edition for the duty free / Travel Retail market and the flagship single malt from Balvenie s little group of Port Wood whiskies. For this great Balvenie single malt, only 21 year old Bourbon barrels from American oak were used by Malt Master David Stewart from the rare reserve stocks of the distillery, which then received a finish in 30-40 year old Port casks and port pipes. A rich and complex Balvenie Highland single malt scocth whisky with a spicy finish in exceptional quality, the coronation of the popular Balvenie Portwood series and rarely available in this special non chill-filtered expression.
Balvenie 19 Year Old A Revelation of Cask and Character Stories 70cl, 47.5%
This 19-year-old single malt is part of Balvenie’s Stories range which champions the unsung heroes of the whisky world – the coopers. Exclusively matured in ex-oloroso casks this dram has aromas of orange peel, toasted pecan and fig on the nose, leading to stewed fruit, cherry and pecan on the palate.
Balvenie 25 Year Old Single Barrel 70cl, 47.8%
The Balvenie 25 Year Old Single Barrel Traditional Oak, was introduced to the Balvenie single malt Scotch whisky range in 2014. Released in batches, each bottle is one of no more than 300, drawn from a single cask, all of which are refill American oak casks. There will be slight variations between batches, but the casks selected by Malt Master David Stewart for this release are chosen for having the richly spiced, sweetly honeyed character you’d expect from 25 year old Balvenie single malt aged in American oak. This means there is an overarching consistency between batches.
Distilled: 21.02.1989
Bottled: 06.02.2015
Cask Number: 1864
47.8% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: 43
Balvenie 25 Year Old Single Barrel 70cl, 47.8%
The Balvenie 25 Year Old Single Barrel Traditional Oak, was introduced to the Balvenie single malt Scotch whisky range in 2014. Released in batches, each bottle is one of no more than 300, drawn from a single cask, all of which are refill American oak casks. There will be slight variations between batches, but the casks selected by Malt Master David Stewart for this release are chosen for having the richly spiced, sweetly honeyed character you’d expect from 25 year old Balvenie single malt aged in American oak. This means there is an overarching consistency between batches.
Distilled: 24.02.1988
Bottled: 05.08.2014
Cask Number: 68
47.8% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: 99
Balvenie Signature 12 Year Old Batch 003 in Wooden Box (70cl, 40%)
The pictures are from the actual bottle, if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
THIS IS REALLY RARE BOTLLE.
A rare bottle of 12 year old Balvenie single malt from the second batch of their Signature series. This was aged in Sherry casks, refill casks and first fill bourbon barrels.
The Signature is a small batch series released to celebrate Master Distiller, Dave Stewart’s 45th year in the whisky industry.
Cask Type: Bourbon & Sherry