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Balvenie Rose 16 Year Old 2nd Release

Balvenie Rose 16 Year Old 2nd Release
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Lot number: 077-3596

Winning bid: £1,400

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.

This special edition, finished in a 1st fill port pipe, was only available from the distillery. Released to celebrate the history of Balvenie Castle, for which an annual rent of a single red rose was once paid by Margaret Rose.

Age: 16 years old

Cask Type: Finished in Port pipe

50.3% ABV / 70cl

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