Balvenie Tun 1401

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The Balvenie Tun 1401

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Speyside
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling	Batch #4
Bottled for	for Travel Retail
Bottled	03.2012
Cask type	3 Sherry Butts & 7 American Oak Barrels
Cask no.	see note
Number of bottles	2500
Strength	50.4 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 809.00 \| £ 693.27 \| $ 1,046.77

Added: 16 Apr. 2012 2:25 pm by Apansbo

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Notes & Reviews

Erik Elixer

posted 11 May. 2013

Erik Elixer gave this whisky 89 points

N: thyme, nougat, bees wax, fresh saw wood and melon
T: Christmas cake, grass, butter and pastry
F: bitter, honey, nuts and iron
very different from batch #2 and #5
tasted with Aby and JJ

I\'ll only drink on days that start with T: Tuesday, Thursday Today & Tomorrow...

RoyalScotsman

posted 17 Jun. 2012

Cask-Numbers:
Traditional Whisky Casks: 4287, 5240, 762, 15330, 5832, 13451, 8408
Sherry Butts: 11434, 13142, 15336

The Balvenie Man

posted 16 Jun. 2012

My batch also 50.4% strangs

Anthony

posted 26 May. 2012

Mine is 50.4 I think that the publicity that lists it as 48 must be wrong.

SilentStill

posted 10 May. 2012

My batch no.4 has also 50.4%........

Sir Dino

posted 10 May. 2012

Are there 2 bottlings of Batch 4?
My bottle is at 50.4%...

Always looking for an extra Balvenie!

QuarterCentury

posted 16 Apr. 2012

The latest release from David Stewart, Scotch whisky`s most admired Malt Master, is The Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch 4, an outstandig single malt married from ten selected rare and precious casks from across the ages - and available exclusively in travel retail from March 2012. This time, David filled the tun with The Balvenie matured in three Sherry Butt`s (Vintage 1970, 1971 & 1973) and seven traditional American oak barrels (Vintage 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980 & 1990). Bottled at 48% ABV and limited to just 2,500 bottles worldwide.

I like my whisky old and my women young!