This 12 year old whisky really benefits from the double maturation. It gives the whisky aspects of both a bourbon and sherry cask matured whisky that make it an all round winner.
This 12 year old whisky really benefits from the double maturation. It gives the whisky aspects of both a bourbon and sherry cask matured whisky that make it an all round winner.
Specially selected Balvenie - finished in casks that previously held rum distilled in the Caribbean. The delicate fresh taste of Caribbean rum enhances The Balvenie's vanilla notes in the finishing - whilst adding spicy aromatic qualities to the whisky.
An exquisite marriage of The Balvenie matured for sixteen years in three distinct cask types: Oloroso sherry butts, first fill bourbon barrels, and traditional whisky casks. Characterised by vanilla sweetness and delicate fruit.
Like the Balvenie 12 Years Old Double Wood the 17 Years Old is matured in American Oak and European Oak. The majority of the 17 years is in American Oak with between a few months and a year in European Oak ex-Sherry casks.
In the making of The Balvenie Portwood Single Malt Scotch Whisky, the Master Distiller has carefully selected rare reserves of Balvenie, matured in traditional oak casks, and transferred them to port casks for a few months.
For one week every year The Balvenie run heavily peated barley through their whisky making process to create a different Balvenie style similar to that of 50 years ago. This has been matured exclusively in American oak casks for 14 years and is 30ppm and is from the 2003 run.