Balvenie 1971 Vintage Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balvenie |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1971 |
| Bottled Year | 2005 |
| Age | 33년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 47.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
오래 묵은 호박빛이 잔 깊은 곳에서 천천히 번진다. 1971년에 채워져 33년을 보낸 발베니는 스페이사이드 특유의 꿀과 잘 익은 과일 향을 깊이 품고 있다. 코끝에는 야생화 꿀과 말린 살구, 오래된 오크의 향긋함이 차례로 다가온다. 입에서는 묵직한 단맛과 함께 바닐라와 캐러멜이 매끄럽게 어우러지고, 47.4도의 절제된 도수가 균형을 잡는다. 긴 세월이 빚어낸 여운은 꿀과 따뜻한 향신료로 길게 이어진다.
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)