Balvenie 1971 Single Cask

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Balvenie
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1971
Bottled Year	2005
Age	34년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	47.1%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside

Flavor Profile

Vanilla

Sweet

Honey

Creamy

Oaky

Dried Fruit

Fruity

Nutty

Floral

Spicy

Citrus

Chocolate

Herbal

Smoky

Maritime

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

dark straw

air Nose

extremely delicate at first nosing, with some superb notes of marzipan and whiffs of camphor and apple skins. Very subtle mix of peat smoke and grapefruit juice. A little tary as usually but no brand new tyre this time. Really excellent, not much oomph but still a beautiful presence. Some hay. Gets peatier and peatier after a few minutes, and also quite waxy. Hints of diesel oil

restaurant Palate

very sweet and very peaty attack, with a great body and a perfect mouth feel. Some liquorice, bitter oranges – not fabulously complex in fact but very compact and satisfying. Rather long finish with a little eucalyptus and some marzipan again. A splendid dram, no doubt. 92 points . MUSIC – Recommended listening: Mojave 3 do Bob Dylan's Queen Jane, approximately.mp3 (live at KVRX) Just superb. Please buy Mojave 3's music. September 2005 - part 2 <--- October 2005 - part 1 ---> October 2005 - part 2 C heck the index of all entries: Whisky Music Nick's Concert Reviews Web Whiskyfun Best malts I had these weeks - 90+ points only - alphabetical: Balvenie 1971/2005 ‘Vintage Cask’ (47.1%, OB, cask #8935, 219 bottles) Bowmore 1993/2005 (56.8%, Berry Bros & Rudd, cask #500061) Bowmore 34 yo 1970/2005 (56.6%, Signatory Cask Strength, sherry butt #4689, 287 bottles) Brora 23 yo 1981/2005 (61%, Duncan Taylor, cask #1425, 542 bottles) Brora 23 yo 1981/2004 (48.6%, Dun Bheagan, cask 1513, 336 bottles) Bunnahabhain 20 yo 1979/1999 (57.7%, Signatory, sherry, cask #9676, 420 bottles) Bunnahabhain 26 yo 1978/2005 (54.6%, Signatory Cask Strength, sherry butt #2539, 468 bottles) Craigduff 32 yo 1973/2005 (49.4%, Signatory, cask #2513, sherry butt, 566 bottles) Glen Grant 1956/2005 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail for 50th anniversary La Maison du Whisky, cask #2786, 108 bottles) Glenburgie 1969/2005 (44.2%, Duncan Taylor) Glenburgie 39 yo 1963/2002 (58%, Signatory Straight from the Cask, c. #4750) Laphroaig 1967 (40%, G&M Connoisseur’s Choice old brown label, early 1980’s) Port Ellen 1969 (40%, G&M Connoisseur’s Choice old brown label, ca 1985) Port Ellen 21 yo 1983/2004 (46%, Jean Boyer Best Cask, first fill sherry cask #1346) Strathisla 30 yo (46%, Gordon & MacPhail for La Maison du Whisky, bottled 2005) Strathisla 39 yo 1965/2004 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail)

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