Assorted Balvenie Minis 3 x 5cl Including Balvenie 17 Year Old Doublewood

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.

Caribbean Cask

The Caribbean Cask is aged for 14 years in traditional casks before being finished in (you've guessed it!) Caribbean rum casks, adding fruit and vanilla flavours to the whisky.

Age: 14 Years Old

Cask Type: Traditional oak, with finishing in Caribbean rum casks

43% ABV / 5cl

DoubleWood

After an initial period of maturation in Bourbon casks, the DoubleWood is transferred to Sherry casks to add some spicy, dried fruit notes to is flavour profile.

Age: 12 & 17 Years Old

Cask Type: Bourbon & Sherry wood

43% ABV / 5cl x 2

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