Balvenie 15-year-old

Overall rating: 85.79/100
votes: 21

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Balvenie
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Single Barrel
Vintage: 11.01.1999
Bottled: 13.02.2014
Stated Age: 15 years old
Casktype: Traditional Oak Cask
Casknumber: 214
Number of bottles: 350
Strength: 47.8 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Added on: 25 Mar 2014 8:17 pm by noqster

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Whisky Reviews for Balvenie 15-year-old

5 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.79 points

turfsmurf scored this whisky 84 points
10 Dec 2014 10:37 pm
Notes based on a blind sample. An elegant, light and subtle dram. The quality is there but perhaps it's a bit too subtle for me.

Nose

A very fresh and light nose. Citrussy and lemony. Raspberries. Becomes more floral after a while with a drop of water.

Taste

Nice oily mouthfeel. Sweet and still subtle and flowery. There's a bit of bitterness in the taste.

Finish

Subtle again (notice a trend here?). Lightly spiced, dried powdered ginger. The bitterness remains in the finish, but it's a nice kind of balanced bitterness.
Erik Elixir scored this whisky 85 points
09 Dec 2014 9:44 pm
blind tasting BTC 2014 - #3

Nose

citrus, nice bourbon fruits - pear and melon, vanilla, creamy chipolata, fresh green apples - Granny Smith and some fudge

Taste

citrus, mandarins, orange, sparkling green apple, mint and malty

Finish

medium drying, creamy and some pepper,
thijs100 scored this whisky 75 points
09 Dec 2014 8:41 am
Yeah well, this just isn't really good.

Nose

Ripe banana, pear and citrus. Rather strong on the alcohol it seems, but I think that's just appearances in this case. Some malt, grain and cereal as well as a nice dose of vanilla. A bit of cookie dough maybe. And do I detect a light soapiness?

Taste

Creamy with vanilla, melon and green fruits. Very bitter (pink grapefruit) and a bit dirty as well. There is some sharpness. Let's say it has some rough edges.

Finish

Too short to really comment on. I'm not kidding.
yoavg did not rate this whisky
08 Dec 2014 11:49 pm

was whisky #3 in the dutch blind tasting competition (BTC2014). And this one doesn't have the familiar Balvenie notes and profile. I guessed it to be a different distillery. Read the full review here: http://whiskygospel.com/2014/12/08/whisky-review-balvenie-single-cask-traditional-oak-cask-15yo-usquebaugh-society-btc-2014-3/
KayMeertens scored this whisky 85 points
08 Dec 2014 11:02 pm
Sample part of the Blind Tasting Competition of the Usquebaugh forum.

Nose

Very sweet. Candy (tumtums), apricot, pear, apple, lime, vanilla, honey. A very active bourbon barrel.

Taste

Orange, peach, strawberry candy, vanilla, oak, honey and caramel.

Finish

Candy, orange, vanilla, caramel and honey.

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