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The Balvenie Forty 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700ml Bottle

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The Balvenie
Forty 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Forty 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700ml
To say The Balvenie Forty 40 year old Single Malt Scotch is rare is an understatement, especially when you consider that Batch 1 of this highly coveted offering is comprised of a mere 150 hand-numbered bottles! Originally released in July 2010, Balvenie Forty 40 Year (Batch 1) was made available solely to the travel retail market and is premium Scotch created by a master of malts David Stewart. This premium dram is carefully aged for a minimum of 40 years in 3 sherry butt casks and 4 refill hogsheads. Crafted using an intricate blend of small amounts of original Balvenie from these 7 hand-picked casks, The Balvenie Forty 40 year old is single malt whiskey bottled at a cask strength of 48.5% ABV and offers a nose and palate rife with rich tones of honey and sherry.
Beverage type:
Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Alcohol Level:
48.5%
Bottle size:
700ml bottle Single
Product Origin:
Scotland
Expert Rating:
96
EAN code:
5010327545035
Tastes like:
Cinnamon
Cloves
Chocolate
Roasted nuts
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About the brand
Founded in 1889 and since its inception, offering a truly unique and definite sweet, honeyed flavour, Balvenie whisky has long since secured its place in the hall of Scottish whisky fame. Indeed, Balvenie is one of the most famous names in the world of whisky. Its distillery is capable of producing over 5.5 million litres of spirit a year - amazing considering the fact that every element of production takes place on site. Balvenie grows its barley on land adjacent to the distillery buildings, has an active malting floor and makes casks in its very own cooperage. Balvenie came into existence thanks to William Grant, a Scotsman who founded the distillery in 1889. Grant was inspired to build a new distillery in order to help his other distillery at Glenfiddich to meet customer demand. Glenfiddich had opened half a decade earlier and its whisky was proving very popular, so he decided to renovate the nearby estate of Balvenie House. Much to Grant’s delight, his new distillery was an instant success. At this stage, much of the whisky produced at Balvenie House was used within the highly popular Grant & Sons range of blended whiskies and it continued as such for almost a century. It wasn’t until the 1970s that single malt releases became common. And this was when Balvenie really came into its own. Balvenie gained fast popularity with its sweet, creamy and rich character. Indeed, the demand for their single malt led Grant & Sons to build another distillery next door with Kininvie beginning production in 1990. Today, both Balvenie and Glenfiddich concentrate on meeting consumer demand for their single malts, with only a small percentage now going to Grant's blends. Balenvie remains under the ownership of the Grant family, making William Grant & Sons one of the longest single family distilleries in the world. All Balvenie whiskies are deliciously sweet with honey and vanilla notes. Their marriage of fruity flavours with the honey and vanilla makes them typical Speyside expressions. With a large core range, the sweet tones are often complemented with oak and deeper flavours such as leather and cigars. As you can imagine, the Balvenie award cabinet is heavy with marks of acclaim. To cover just a single year – in 2006, Balvenie took home the following gold medals from the International Spirits Challenge: Founder’s Reserve 10 Year Old, Double Wood 12 Year Old, Balvenie New Wood 17 Year Old, Port Wood 21 Year Old, Balvenie Thirty and Balvenie Port Wood 1991. This is the biggest gold medal haul for any brand in any one year since the competition was launched.
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Ratings & Reviews (2)
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Beth Winnow
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Love this whisky! Spicy, sweet, dry - really great sipper at the end of a hard day.
Posted on Oct 8th, 2022
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Johnathan Sully Holmes
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Magnificent, truly remarkable whisky
Posted on Sep 2nd, 2022
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Tasting Notes
Nose
Oak, honey, apples, leather, vanilla
Taste
Sherry, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, oak, chocolate, roasted nuts
Finish
Long, warm, dry
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