Balvenie 1974 CA Authentic Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balvenie |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | 1996 |
| Age | 28년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
it’s clearly an old Balvenie, with the expected big fruitiness at first nosing (crushed bananas, acacia honey) but also with something more animal and farmy. Rather heavy notes of mead, old sweet white wine (sweet old pinot gris), with something delicately smoky and obvious notes of apricot pie. More nervous and ‘young’ than other old versions. Whiffs of crushed mint leaves and gunpowder, coal oven. With water: more of the same, with added notes of cooked vegetables, such as salsify
restaurant Palate
excellent attack, crisp and fruity yet complex, ‘resinously lemony’ with a little salt and notes of lemon balm and ginger. It’s big whisky, not an old Balvenie de salon. With water: more lemons and more vegetal notes. Asparagus? Quite some wood
timer Finish
medium long, curisouly dry and vegetal