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Released in 2013, Balvenie's Single Barrel First Fill was matured in first-fill bourbon casks for at least 12 years before bottling. These are limited edition bottlings, with each bottle being one of no more than 300 drawn from a single cask. Each is also hand-numbered and labelled with the cask reference number. A deliciously creamy, vanilla-rich whisky from Balvenie.
Toasted, sweet nose with all kinds of charred oak and spice. Hints of maple syrup and allspice, a little vanilla and sweet coffee.
A complex, thick palate with allspice and toffee apples. Cooked fruit and baking spices, hints of sponge cake and creamy caramel.
Long finish with lingering sweetness and spice.
An intense whisky with lots of influence from the cask. Great value for money too.
£29.48 - £999.00
Nose: Vanilla, Homemade apple pie and custard, some spice, a little honey and oak. Palate: Cream cake, fudge, honey, lemon meringue and spiced apple. Finish: A long finish with honey and lemon tea, some tropical notes and spiced oak.
very nice, touch of ice, superb. very pale colour?
This is quite an amazing drink. The nose takes awhile to open up, well over ten minutes before all the bourbon notes are really out in full force. Even then, the taste is much more full and rich with light spices and salty, vanilla-honey-light tropical fruits. It's fully delicious. But the finish... WOW! I've never tasted a whisky where the finish erupted like that. I commend Balvenie for making such a awesome product and I hope more companies start going with 46% non-filtered, as well as first fill bourbon. Put in the extra work to get the extra quality and the consumer is willing to pay the extra price.
I wrote the previous review "Harsh and uninteresting for the price" based on a fresh bottle. After having let it sit for a week, it's not quite as harsh and the character comes through a lot better. Still pretty pricey for what you get I think but this rating is just to balance out my previous one.
I've got a carib 14yo cask to compare against. Here in MI, USA it's the same price. I'm not a huge fan of the rhum finish of that one either, but it's *far* less harsh and has more definition than this 12 year old. And as a "first fill", I didn't notice anything that really sets it apart from other American oak casked scotches; it's pure marketing hyperbole if you ask me. Between the two, I'd get the carib cask again no doubt, even though I thought that one was just mediocre. Sorry, Dave.