NV Balvenie 21 YO Portwood 40%
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Score 93/100 · Whisky Advocate, Mar 2024
Raspberry tart, strawberries, pipe tobacco, candle wax, sweet baked apple, and orange on the nose. The palate is sweet but balanced by the oak, with more berries, savory spice, and chocolate. It’s very flavorful and completed by a long finish of red berries, well-integrated oak, and lots of spice. The sweetness is pronounced but does not go overboard, staying in balance with all else.
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The Balvenie
Speyside-based Balvenie is the only Scotch whisky distillery to grow its own barley, use traditional floor maltings and keep coppersmiths and coopers on site. Its single malts – made by the longest-serving Malt Master David Stewart MBE – are some of the most recognised worldwide
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