Balvenie 2009 A Collection of Curious Casks
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balvenie |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | A Collection of Curious Casks |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | American Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 47.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | The Balvenie Stories |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
The Balvenie Stories
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
맑은 꿀빛이 잔 안에 부드럽게 고인다. 발베니를 아메리칸 버번 배럴에서 14년 숙성한 이 보틀링은 꿀과 바닐라, 잘 익은 배의 향이 스페이사이드답게 둥글게 어우러진다. 47.8도의 입맛은 매끄럽고 따뜻해, 오크의 가벼운 향신료와 꿀에 절인 과일, 옅은 시나몬의 단맛이 혀를 감싼다. 끝에는 보리사탕과 바닐라 크림의 여운이 은은하게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
it’s absolutely beautiful, reminiscent of a top-tier Chenin Blanc (Savennières, perhaps?) with a touch of gunflint. Honeysuckle, white currants, pink grapefruit, chalk, and a few hints of soot and saltpetre, followed by very restrained vanilla. The balance is superb. For now, the smoke is more of the ‘flinty’ variety
restaurant Palate
wonderful lemony tension, with more flint and chalk, perhaps even a suggestion of cigarette ash (brings to mind the days when one might smoke outdoors in a strong wind), then green apple and indeed a whisper of lapsang souchong tea, though perhaps only half of a small cup, the kind they sometimes use in China
timer Finish
the classic Balvenie markers come through—quince and mirabelle plums—then a touch of acacia honey, but overall it stays delightfully taut, with a hint of salinity in the aftertaste