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Balvenie 17 Year Old DoubleWood

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@tjbReview by @tjb

27th Apr 2014

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Balvenie 17 Year Old DoubleWood
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The Balvenie DoubleWood 17 yr is the bigger brother to the 12 yo. The spirit is matured in ex bourbon barrels then ex sherry casks. The American oak imparts the vanilla and the closer grained European oak give more spiciness and the sherry influence as well.

The nose is (as one would expect) woody. Its fragrant with vanilla, honey and sherry.

The palate offers vanilla upfront, toffee popcorn, apples, raisins and hazelnuts.

The finish is medium long, sweet and leaves a spicy tang in the middle of the tongue. Mouthwatering with fruits and good wood.

I like it but I prefer the 14 year Caribbean Cask. It's cheaper and more flavour full. If you like wood then go for this as it is well made but the rum finish adds so much more.

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4 comments

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Rigmorole commented

This bottle is fairly expensive where I live; usually put behind the cash register in most stores

10 years ago 0

@tjb
tjb commented

Reading this whilst drinking a large glass of it makes me realise I may have been to bland. It really is very good.

9 years ago 0

@Victor
Victor commented

@tjb, I've only had one sample of 17 Doublewood, at a large Balvenie commercial tasting, but it was excellent. I would have rated it at 90-92 pts. It is expensive, though, so thus far I haven't purchased a bottle of it. That sample I've had is definitely one of my favourite Balvenies.

9 years ago 0

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Taco commented

Bought a sampler last year with the Doublewood 12 & 17 and Caribbean Cask. It surprised me that the 17 was so much better than the other two, as I had read many reviews that put the 17 much lower. Rechecked later with another HTHTH and still found the 17 the clear winner. I'd say this is on par with Dalmore 15, which I really enjoy in the winter (after it has plenty of air time!). Now the only problem is the price. I can't justifybuying a bottle of this when both the Dalmore and Glendronach 15s are $40 cheaper.

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