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| Hello, that is considered one of our (virtually) each day tastings. Santé! |
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October 20, 2021
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Balvenie, twice
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| I am not too positive, should not we quite be tasting but a brand new Balvenie Tun #XYZ right now of the yr? What’s this awful whisky blogger doing? |
Within the 2000s Balvenie used to run some ‘Balvenie Man’ journal adverts and digital campains, considerably within the fashion of Tanqueray’s Mr Jenkins. I consider the Balvenie Man’s been sacked within the late 2000s (final tweet, might 22, 2009) ->
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Balvenie 21 yo ‘The Second Crimson Rose’ (48.1%, OB, 2021) 
This one pays tribute to some form of historical Britannic feminine royalty and was completed for six months in Australian Shiraz casks. Ah-oh-hum… It is to be famous that there is been a primary ‘Crimson Rose’ again in 2008, however I do not suppose we have ever formally tried it. I imply, shiraz/syrah in malt whisky?… Color: gold. Nostril: it’s extra Balvenie than Shiraz should you ask me, and-we-shall-not-complain. Plums, mirabelles, zwetschke (damson), plus vanilla and croissants au beurre, additionally quinces and yellow flowers in addition to somewhat nougat and popcorn. Hurray, how very Balvenie! Mouth: you do really feel an uncommon peony and cherry-led spiciness at first, with wee touches of pink bell pepper too, however as soon as once more Balvenie’s taking up, with beautiful plums coated with somewhat coconut and nutmeg, plus pomegranate sherbet. Yep. To be trustworthy the entire tends to turn into a tad unbalanced after fifteen seconds, not too positive about this coconut both, however there, it is good enjoyable and life wants variations. Vive les variations! End: medium, all the time with these pomegranates, this bell pepper, these touches of juniper, rosé gin… Feedback: not fairly for me in any case, however once more, it is good enjoyable and all of us must see ‘la vie en rose’. Quand il me prend dans ses bras…
SGP:651 – 82 factors. |
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Balvenie 25 yo ‘Uncommon Marriages’ (48%, OB, 2021) 
That is the correct new Balvenie 25, not a type of doublewoods or single barrels, you perceive? Color: gold. Nostril: absolutely Balvenie. Contact of nail polish at first, then mirabelles and quinces, then croissant and brioche, then custard and acacia honey. That is all of us, and that was very a lot already. Mouth: completely splendid, maybe a tad rougher than earlier vintages (the wonderful Seventies) however certainly stuffed with plums, yellow ones, inexperienced ones… Quinces are there too, sugarcane as effectively, tiny notes of Victoria pineapple, then simply vanilla and the very best a part of oak. It’s not a really difficult malt whisky, it is even a tad easy, however I discover it epitomically Balvenie, which is sufficient for me. I should be on my fortunate day. End: beautiful end, creamy, ueber-Balvenie-ish, on preserved mirabelles with only a sprint of sawdust. Vanilla and barley syrup within the aftertaste. Feedback: near the core. My important drawback is that I can’t not keep in mind the early Seventies Balvenies – and those earlier than. Balvenie ‘As we get it’ anybody? Perhaps I would like some form of reset.
SGP:651 – 88 factors. |
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