Balmenach 1970 GM Connoisseurs Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balmenach |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1970 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold-orange again, just slightly less bright
air Nose
a faint, metallic old bottle effect (yet it's cork stopper) but also lots of passion fruit and tangerines to start with. How elegant, it’s not the wham-bam kind of tropical fruits but rather something very subtle, mixed with notes of old furniture, linseed oil, wax polish, sweet box, mixed with something funnily maritime (shells). Goes on with notes of dried oranges, high-end green tea, hints of motor oil… yet, it’s so delicate! Superb
restaurant Palate
yes, this is exactly the kind of profile I like, which, I had thought, only the old Springbanks, Highland Parks and Clynelishes could display. Very firm but also sweet and fruity (tangerines), with something sharp that I cherish (limestone, hydrocarbons, paraffin) and a whole array of sometimes ‘secondary’ flavours such as beeswax, salted liquorice, pu-erh tea, butter caramel, balsamic vinegar, dried bananas, tar liqueur, candied angelica… And my favourite, propolis! A brilliant whisky that improved in glass, no doubt about that. Even the finish is superb, revealing a slight peatiness, smokiness, and notes of smoked tea with candy sugar. I love it. 93 points . July 8 - 9, 2006 MUSIC FOR SUNDAY – Highly recommended listening - We go classical! Are you tired of all these summerish, poppish jazzish tunes I post these days? Then it's time for Meredith Monk and her stunning, extraordinary 1983 vocal piece Turtle dreams.mp3 (beware, it's long and maybe you shouldn't listen to it at the office). Anyway, please buy the great Meredith's music in all its forms! (agreed, she isn't very classical but a classic, sure she is...) TASTING - TWO BALMENACHS Balmenach 12 yo 1970 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail CC old brown label)
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