Quick dram : Balvenie 12 single barrel 2013 edition

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Just like its 15 older brother this one is a small batch single cask release, each cask is a bit different, naturally, but they will be close in profile. This time they have chosen to use only first fill bourbon barrels.

Balvenie 12 Year Old ,Single Barrel First Fill , 47.8%, Cask 12736, £44.50

Nose: gentle and quite light. Fresh Green apples, wet hay. Damp oak. Butter. Fresh ginger. Cereal and grape peel and hints of vanilla.

Palate: light and lovely with cereals biscuit-y. Vanilla on top of baked apples sweet honey and a touch of sultanas. Then getting zingy with citrus and lovely oak , wood shavings. Cinnamon. Warming.  Getting dry , bitter and sharp with ginger.

Finish : Cinnamon on top of dark chocolate and lemon peel.

A very nice whisky, enjoyable and classic. balvenie fans would like it very much, so did I. Glad i bought a bottle, and it’s really silly they have are not sold out yet.

Score: 87/100

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