Balvenie 1971 Vintage Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balvenie |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Vintage Cask |
| Vintage | 1971 |
| Bottled Year | 2005 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 47.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold - apricot
air Nose
rather fresh attack, on some bold notes of very ripe apricots and light honey, with also lots of vanilla crème and whiffs of white pepper. A perfect balance, very civilized and totally flawless. Notes of quince jelly, strawberry pie, whiffs of spring water, getting then a little spicy (mulled wine spices, Chinese anise, cloves). Some very nice oaky tones. Almost perfect and no winey notes that I can smell. Maybe good news… Very ‘Balvenie’. Ah, and also hints of smoke and hot caramel…
restaurant Palate
bold and rather creamy at first sip, with kind of an unusual bitterness from the wood. Surprisingly ‘dirty’ (nothing wrong) and very malty. Gets a little herbal, with quite some infused tealeaves and also some burnt caramel and liquorice. Quite peppery at that. Notes of orange marmalade… The finish is a little short but slightly too tannic for my tastes. In short, a very, very nice nose and a palate that’s okay – that’s a well-known song. 84 points . Balvenie 1971/2005 ‘Vintage Cask’ (47.1%, OB, cask #8935, 219 bottles)