Balvenie DoubleWood 17

Description

To craft The Balvenie DoubleWood 17 year old single malt whisky Malt Master David C. Stewart MBE returned to one of his most celebrated achievements – consecutive maturation in two different types of cask, a process often referred to as ‘cask finishing’.

This technique is at the heart of The Balvenie DoubleWood – it sees the whisky matured first in American oak barrels, which impart soft sweet vanilla notes, before being transferred to European oak sherry casks, where the second cask ageing adds rich spicy flavours and a depth and fullness of flavour.

The DoubleWood 17 year old is an elder sibling to DoubleWood 12 year old and shares its honeyed, spicy characteristics, but it is distinctly different, with deeper vanilla notes, hints of green apple, creamy toffee and a striking richness and complexity.

Awards for Balvenie

• Gold Outstanding-Scotch Single Malt – Speyside – 2014 International Wine & Spirit Competition
• Gold-Speyside Single Malts 13-18yo – 2015The Scotch Whisky Masters (The Spirits Business)
• Gold-Scotch Single Malt – Speyside – 2013 International Wine & Spirit Competition
• Silver-Distillers’ Single Malts between 13 and 20 years old – 2019 International Spirits Challenge
• Silver Outstanding-Scotch Single Malt – Speyside – 2017 International Wine & Spirit Competition
• Silver-Distillers’ Single Malts between 13 and 20 years old – 2014 International Spirits Challenge
• Silver-Speyside Single Malts 13-18yo – 2013 The Scotch Whisky Masters (The Spirits Business)
• Silver-Scotch Single Malt – Speyside – 2019 International Wine & Spirit Competition

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Elegant and complex oak, vanilla, honeyed sweetness and a hint of green apple.

Taste: Sweet with dried fruits, sherbet spice, toasted almonds and cinnamon, layered with a richness of creamy toffee notes and traces of oak and deep vanilla.

Finish: Vanilla oak, honey and spicy sweetness.