Balvenie 1971 Vintage 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 | 46.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
오랜 시간이 응축된 호박빛이 잔 속에 잔잔히 잠겨 있다. 발베니 1971년 빈티지 캐스크는 34년의 숙성을 거쳐 잘 익은 살구와 야생화 꿀, 따스한 보리의 향을 정성껏 펼친다. 한 모금이 입천장을 부드럽게 덮으며 토피와 마른 견과류, 옅은 향신료가 미끄러지듯 이어진다. 46.7도의 절제된 도수 끝에는 마른 오크와 잔잔한 시트러스의 잔향이 길게 깊게 머문다.
AITasting 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)