16 year old Balvenie single malt Scotch whisky from their Triple Cask range, which was launched for travel retail. The Triple Cask range is matured in first-fill American oak barrels, traditional refill casks and first-fill Oloroso Sherry butts. The 16 year old shows off a lot more vanilla and fruit than the 12 year old Triple Cask - the extra years in the casks also bring out plenty more fragrant, oak-y spices.
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Very much a let-down. I’ve savored the ship-of-the-line 12 year, the 14 C.C., the 21 and now the 16 has left me broken-hearted. Where is the fruit? Overpowering oak and no finish. Sad!
Quite delicious!
Avoid! Balvenie 12 is tripple times better than this travel retail market crap
Delicate, light and smooth. And utterly characterless. I’d not buy it again unless it was under 20 quid. Actually, I still wouldn’t. But you’re welcome to gift it to me.
Creamy & really smooth. It will be my Scotch of choice from now on.
