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Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5

Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5
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Lot number: 021112

Winning bid: £250

Tun 1401 is a very special vatting from Balvenie’s Warehouse 24, one of the oldest areas of the distillery grounds and home to some of the most special casks in Speyside. It was conceived by the Balvenie’s malt master David Stewart, who was so inspired by the magical atmosphere inside Warehouse 24, that he created Tun 1401 to capture the essence of it in a bottle.

Each batch of Tun 1401, has unique characteristics and ingredients. They were made under the guidance of David Stewart, who hand selected every cask and monitored each batch as they “married” over a three month period.

We are indebted to our friends at the caskstrength blog for the following:

After a brace of other batches destined for the US and travel retail, the legendary tun has been back in action with Batch 5.

The bigger batch size represents the popularity of this whisky (2862 bottles) and this time around the marriage has been bought together from nine casks: four sherry butts and five American oak hoggies.

The youngest whisky in this batch is apparently 21 years old and the oldest from 1966, with the majority of the sherried whisky coming from the 1970s.

70cl and bottled at 50.1%