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Balvenie DoubleWood is, to not much surprise, aged in two kinds of oak casks! It was firstly matured in refill American oak casks before it was treated to a finish in first fill European oak Oloroso sherry butts for an additional nine months. The expression was launched in 1993, and has become a somewhat iconic whisky over the years. Even at 12 years old, this rich and complex dram is an excellent example of what the Balvenie distillery can craft.
Gristy, supple nuttiness intertwined with spices. Honeyed sultanas and grapes. Hugely inviting.
Sweet with good body. The bourbon characters develop; gentle spice with a little vanilla, a hint of balancing peat lurking quietly in the substrata. Dried fruit too, combining with nuts, nutmeg, cinnamon, back into the bourbon notes - so well integrated.
Spicy, slightly drying, still sweet.
A classic, always a pleasure to revisit. (This is also a single malt with the ability to convert a non-whisky drinker with its deliciousness...)
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Smoother and fruitier than most, not as much of a smokey flavour coming through, would have expected this though as it’s not a west coast scotch. Peach notes hit the tongue with delight, with a lasting taste of toffee. Impressed with another excellent Speyside export!
Strong fruit and toffee on the nose with hints of butterscotch and vanilla. Palate is dryer than expected with long warm aftertaste. Ideal winter Warner but not as rich as the nose would suggest.
An eminently drinkable whisky - on the nose I got, immediately, lemon and green apples. Taste gave me butteryness, honey flavors, and bakewell tart. Finish is sweet and subdued but very pleasant. I prefer wilder whiskys so, in that sense, this is probably not fitting the best for me personally but, as a whisky to just enjoy it's pretty good and, at the price, difficult to fault. How people can hammer it I do not know - I can understand it not fitting with what you want from a whisky, but it is so pleasant that I cannot see how it could be lambasted. I think a first time whisky drinker couldn't do much better, a very approachable whisky.
As a big Whisky drinker, this is far the best one to purchase. Stunning in flavours smooth. I bought several other Balvenie's like Caribbean cask, single barrel from here when I had quarterly bonuses. All the Balvenie's are stunning tastes. You won't be disappointed, I went to Dufftown just for Balvenie best holiday I ever had :-)
Excellent
