The nose is lifted with perfumed red berries, violets & wild blackberry fruit coming from the Petit Verdot. The palate is medium bodied & restrained in style with tight dense fruit & a modulated structure showing balance & depth of fruit, flowing onto a long finish of chewy tannins. This is a compact but deeply flavoured Tally. 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot. ...

The Balvenie Thirty is a rare & especially fine single malt for which David Stewart selects only exceptional casks that were laid down over thirty years ago. By marrying The Balvenie slowly aged in traditional oak whisky casks with that aged in European oak sherry casks, David creates a rich, mellow Scotch whisky with unusual depth & complexity. ' Thirty' is bottled at 47.3% abv to capture all the signature characteristics of The Balvenie. ...

Caribbean Cask has been matured in traditional oak whisky casks for 14 years, & then fineshed in casks that previously held Caribbean rum. To create the ideal finish Malt Master David Stewart, filled American oak casks with his own blend of select West Indian rums. When he judged the casks to be ready, the rum was replaced with the 14 year old spirit & the wood was put to work adding the final touches. The result is an exceptional single malt whisky with the traditional smooth, honeyed character of The Balvenie, married with notes of toffee & a hint of fruit, with a warm, lingering finish. Rich, sweet & creamy toffee on the nose combines with fresh fruit notes. Rounded with vanilla & sweet oak notes, with a fruity character that develops with time. ...

The Balvenie Doublewood Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a 12 year old single malt which gains its distinctive character from being matured in two woods. During its period of maturation The Balvenie Doublewood is transferred from a traditional oak whisky cask to a first fill Spanish oak sherry cask. Each stage lends different qualities to the resulting single malt
- the traditional casks, having previously held bourbon, soften & add character, whilst the sherry wood brings depth & fullness of flavour. The nose is Sweet fruit & oloroso sherry notes, layered with honey & vanilla. The taste is a smooth & mellow single malt of beautifully combined flavours
- nutty sweetness, cinnamon spiciness & a delicately proportioned layer of sherry
- with a long & warming finish.


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The Balvenie Doublewood Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a 12 year old single malt which gains its distinctive character from being matured in two woods. During its period of maturation The Balvenie Doublewood is transferred from a traditional oak whisky cask to a first fill Spanish oak sherry cask. Each stage lends different qualities to the resulting single malt
- the traditional casks, having previously held bourbon, soften & add character, whilst the sherry wood brings depth & fullness of flavour. The nose is Sweet fruit & oloroso sherry notes, layered with honey & vanilla. The taste is a smooth & mellow single malt of beautifully combined flavours
- nutty sweetness, cinnamon spiciness & a delicately proportioned layer of sherry
- with a long & warming finish.


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Nose: A perfume of fruity & ripe raisin notes, backed by a nutty dryness. Taste: Refined with remarkable character, it is creamy & silky with fruit, honey & spice notes. Finish: Long, gentle, nutty. To create The Balvenie Port Wood Aged 21 Years, a marriage of rare Balvenie is transferred to port casks, or pipes, which have held fine port wines. Here it is sampled regularly by The Balvenie Malt Master to ensure that just the right amount of character is imparted by the port casks, enhancing & developing the single malt whilst preserving its original characteristics. To create The Balvenie Portwood 21-year-old single malt whisky, a marriage of rare Balvenie is transferred to port casks, or pipes, which have held fine port wines. Here it is sampled regularly by The Balvenie Malt Master David C. Stewart MBE to ensure that just the right amount of character is imparted by the port casks, enhancing & developing the single malt whilst preserving its original characteristics. Considered by many to be Davids finest creation, this whisky is one of his proudest achievements & has won an array of highly coveted industry awards since its release in 1996. ...

The Balvenie Signature Aged 12 Years is an exposition of the traditional art of The Balvenie Malt Master, David Stewart
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The Balvenie Single Barrel Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a 15 year old single malt which is drawn from a single bourbon cask of a single distillation. Each cask forms a limited edition of h&-numbered bottles
- there will be a maximum of 350 bottles from any one cask
- so each bottle is unique & unrepeatable. Each cask is subtly different, however, The Balvenie Malt Master selects for bottling only those casks that have the essential characteristics of The Balvenie Single Barrel
- particularly honey, vanilla & oaky notes. The nose is a fragrant aroma of vanilla honeyed sweetness, hints of heather & dry oaky notes. The taste is rich & complex, suggestive of years of careful ageing, it has a honeyed maltiness with vanilla oak flavours, & hints of spicy peat notes. It has a long & complex finish with a touch of liquorice. Silky, rich & complex; a stunning mix of red jelly fruit, guava, orange peel & honey. Magnificent. Dave Broom, The Handbook of Whisky.


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Limited stock. The Balvenie Thirty is a rare & especially fine single malt for which David Stewart selects only exceptional casks that were laid down over thirty years ago. By marrying The Balvenie slowly aged in traditional oak whisky casks with that aged in European oak sherry casks, David creates a rich, mellow Scotch whisky with unusual depth & complexity. ' Thirty' is bottled at 47.3% abv to capture all the signature characteristics of The Balvenie. Nose: Silky smooth & honeyed on the nose with mellow oaky tones & hints of candied orange peel. Taste: Great depth with rich dark chocolate, hints of plum, marzipan & caramelised pear. Finish: Exceptionally smooth & warming with gentle spice & lingering sweetness. ...

Chalk, earth, root veg, honeycomb, oak, burnt creme brulee. Distilled in a small pot still to a lower ABV than standard release, this poitin as the name suggests was barrelled for a short period & buried underground! Limited to 250 bottles as this is a very rare poitin that was awarded ' Irelands Best' at the Irish Whiskey Awards 2016. ...