Balvenie 15 Year old

Better Than Good!

Reviewed by
Connosr member:

Mack

Date:

12th Sep 2012

Reviewer rating:

92

About this score:

The average score for this whisky is 85.

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Tasting Notes by Mack

I’m a big fan of this one. Something pretty cool about this version of Balvenie: each bottle is drawn from a single bourbon cask of a single distillation. So each cask forms a limited edition of hand-numbered bottles – there’s a maximum of 350 bottles from any one cask – so each bottle is unique and unrepeatable. There is a bit of difference between casks, but not a lot. A bit of geekiness for you :)

I see that this bottle has a big range of scores here (distance between 83 and a 94 is pretty big) but my personal opinion lies closer to 94. A solid bottle i can show to any whiskey fan or newbie, alike.

The flavor is rich and complex, indicative of a good, long aging process. I loved the strong honey vanilla on the nose, as well.

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Whisky details

Distillery/Brand:

Balvenie

Bottling:

Region:

Speyside

ABV:

43%

Colour:

Pale Straw

Balvenie 15 Year old Better Than Good! Reviewed on 2012-09-12T01:28:00 scoring 92/100 by Mack

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FMichael

FMichael wrote:

I too am a big fan of the Balvenie 15 yr (well - a big fan of Balvenie in genral)...However - I do agree with some of those who've scored this particular single malt in the low to mid 80's; I've tasted/consumed upwards of 5 - maybe 6 different bottlings, and some are indeed better than others.

24 September 2012 12:41

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