N.V. Balvenie 15 YO Single Barrel Sherry Cask 47.8%

70cl

3 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

Duty Paid

£153.00

3x70cl

1 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

Duty Paid

£455.00

Scores + Notes

Average Score

Critic Notes

Nose: huge faultless sherry: clean, confident and muscling in with wonderful spices and burnt raisin. Enormous… but how is the body doing to cope with this little lot…? Taste: a complete sherry fest from first to last. Melton Hunt cake at its moistest, with many burnt raisings as they could throw into the mix and a few extra dollops of molasses for good measure. Finish: some bitterness was bound to catch up at some stage… it cannot with this kind of cask as toastiness abounds. But long and satisfying all the way… Balance: a faultless cask – not a shadow of sulphur anywhere. But a case of where the grape has overwhelmed the barley meaning balance has been compromised: and on the palate it feels as though you have been mugged by an oloroso butt. That said, this is still a stunning experience - a silky delight to be savoured. 47.8%. No more than 650 bottles.

Score: 95-/100Jim Murray, Whisky Bible

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Product Details

Country

United Kingdom

Region

Scotland

Sub-region

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

47.8%

Product Type

Whisky

Product Subtype

Single Malt

Drinking Window

Country

United Kingdom

Region

Scotland

Sub-region

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

47.8%

Product Type

Whisky

Product Subtype

Single Malt

Drinking Window

Average Score

Critic Notes

Score: 95-/100Jim Murray, Whisky Bible

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ON October 18, 2018

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BY Sophie Thorpe,

ON September 24, 2020

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ON October 4, 2018

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ON September 10, 2012

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ON July 30, 2014

Country

United Kingdom

Region

Scotland

Sub-region

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

47.8%

Product Type

Whisky

Product Subtype

Single Malt

Drinking Window

Country

United Kingdom

Region

Scotland

Sub-region

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

47.8%

Product Type

Whisky

Product Subtype

Single Malt

Drinking Window

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