21 Year Old Balvenie Scotch

P balvenie 21 year old portwood is an exceptional single malt whisky expertly refined over many years to reach the pinnacle of full rounded characterful taste perfection.
21 year old balvenie scotch. Br malt master david stewart who has worked at the distillery for over half a century is responsible for crafting the whisky in a single distillation and ageing it for 21 years in port casks to enhance and enrich the. This 21 year old expression a marriage of rare balvenie was impressively finished in 30 year old port pipes. The portwood is about mid way up the balvenie line and given that it s a 21 year old in and of itself that is a testament to how rarefied the balvenie s scotch can be. The process is deceptively simple.
94points the balvenie portwood aged 21 years scotch. This was originally released for the travel retail market. The aroma opens up to notes of toasted bread honey and marzipan on the palate which are well balanced by hints of cherries peat and cedar. A 21 year old balvenie finished in madeira casks and very handsomely presented by the speyside based distillery.
Creamy on the palate and silky with fruit honey and spice notes on the refined long gentle nutty finish. Here we have the flagship single malt from balvenie s series of port wood whiskies. Speyside scotland to create this remarkable single malt rare 21 year old balvenie is transferred to a cask which has held fine port wine for additional ageing. The aroma suggests baked apple while the palate has a chewy concentrated vanilla oak.
A port cask finish gives this scotch a copper penny hue. The balvenie portwood finish 21 year old speyside single malt scotch whisky has an aroma of ripe fruits dates figs raisins and almonds. This 21 year old whisky by balvenie has been finished or had extra maturation time in port pipes aka port barrels. Originally released in 1996 this whisky is a veritable masterclass in poise and balance.
The balvenie doublewood aged 25 years image via the balvenie when we launched the first doublewood in 1993 said stewart in a prepared statement i would have never thought we would eventually be bottling a 25 year old variant as we are today. It s fruity and very subtly smoky the perfect after dinner.