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Balvenie 1999 21 Year Old Single Barrel #3838

Balvenie 1999 21 Year Old Single Barrel #3838
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Lot number: 150-09242

Winning bid: £260

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: 24.02.1999

Bottled: 24.02.2022

Age: 21 Years Old

Cask Number: 3838

47.8% ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: 157

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