Balvenie 14-year-old GoldenCask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balvenie |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | GoldenCask |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | Caribbean Rum Casks Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 47.5% |
| Volume | 200 ml 700 ml 1000 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
rather fresh and flowery at first nosing, with quite some wild flowers (buttercups and such) plus freshly cut apples. Develops on vanilla and, indeed, oak but it’s much more ‘shy’ than, say Glenmorangie’s Artisan Cask. Hints of heather. Gets slightly bitter and dry (beer with lots of hops, rubbed orange skin, sawdust). Maybe the 40% are a little too low here, there even kind of soapiness
restaurant Palate
just a little sweeter but rather weak and almost watery at the attack. Curious… Cider apples, white pepper and nutmeg but also cardboard, old walnuts… The whole lacks a little backbone, it seems that the wood absorbed most of the usual Balvenie character
timer Finish
short and rather weak, yet drying and cardboardy. I’m sure even 43% instead of 40 would have made this one better… This ‘new wood’ trick just didn’t seem to work here, I’m afraid. Well, just my opinion of course. 72 points . Balvenie 14 yo ‘Roasted Malt’ (47.1%, OB, 34 casks, 2006) Made out of malt that’s been dried more heavily than usual and matured in firstfill bourbon