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Balvenie 1980 15 Year Old Single Barrel #8030 1L

Balvenie 1980 15 Year Old Single Barrel #8030 1L
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Lot number: 124-00815

Winning bid: £300

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 its Doublewood expression in 1993. Balvenie is also one of the few remaining distilleries still using onsite maltings; although today this only meets a small percentage of its requirements.

Distilled: 18.07.1980

Bottled: 22.07.1996

Age: 15 Year Old

Cask Number: 8030

50.4% ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: 120

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