Balvenie Tasting Collection Minis & Balvenie Triple Cask Minis 5 x 5cl

Built by the Grant family in Dufftown, and situated next door to sister distillery Glenfiddich, Balvenie is at the heart of Grant's range of blends. Despite their proximity and shared water source, the style of spirit produced by the pair are quite different, with Balvenie producing a sweeter, more honeyed and very lightly peated new make spirit.

It wasn't until 1990, when Kininvie distillery was able to shoulder some of the responsibility for blending stock production, that Balvenie was really able to push forward as a single malt. The distillery quickly distinguished itself through use of innovative maturation processes, and was a pioneer of cask "finishing" with the introduction of it's DoubleWood expression in 1993. Balvenie is also one of the few remaining distilleries still using on site maltings, although today this only meets a small percentage of its requirements.

Tasting Collection

Age: 12, 14 & 17 Years Old

43% ABV / 5cl x 3

Triple Cask

The three expressions in The Balvenie Triple Cask series have been matured in three kinds of wood – ‘traditional refill casks’ to mature and mellow the spirit, but not dominate its flavour; ‘first-fill ex-Bourbon barrels’, which add vanilla and coconut to the flavour; and ‘first-fill Oloroso sherry butts’, which typically impart rich dried fruits and spice to the spirit. They are bottled at 12, 16 and 25 years, and are exclusively available in travel retail.

Age: 12 & 16 Years Old

40% ABV / 5cl x 2

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