Single Malt
Scotland
6 Aug 1997
28 Sept 2016
7951
The second chapter of Balvenie's extensive DCS Compendium looks at "The Influence of Oak". This bottling comes from said chapter - it was distilled in August 1997 and aged in a European Port puncheon until September 2016, when it was bottled with an outturn of only 265 bottles.
Creamy toffee notes of brown sugar, hints of dried fruits and delicate spices of nutmeg and cinnamon.
Warm and inviting, with prunes, plums and figs. Tropical fruit juice, sweet wood spices and dried fruits.
Lingering with dried fruits, oak spices and sweet wine.
