Balvenie 15 Year Old Sherry Cask (750ml)

The Balvenie’s 15 year old Single Barrel Sherry Cask has been matured exclusively in a single European oak sherry butt for at least 15 years. No more than 650 hand-numbered bottles are drawn from each sherry butt and each bottle carries the number of the cask in which it was matured.

Color - Lovely color – Deep, rich mahogany with a lovely string of pearls that formed when poured from that welcomed ABV.

Nose - The aromas are already filling the room with rich spices and sweet fruity notes – Cinnamon, nutmeg, red tea, butter pecan, all sorts of mixed dried fruit – apple, raisin, fig, cranberry, prune – toffee, baked almonds now, dark chocolate and dry, seasoned oak. After a bit of time it’s like fruit cake and fudge. Delicious. This is another one of those whiskies that you can really get lost in.

Palate - It comes in with this thick, rich and coating, sweet and fruity approach – apple, plum, raisin, cherry and even a bit of apricot now – with wonderful spices that begin to show themselves around mid-palate – clove, cinnamon, nutmeg – then it all balances together quite nicely and dances around the tongue before making its way into a nice long finish. There’s also a bit of that nuttiness and chocolate around mid-palate back as well. Chocolate covered cherries almost.

Finish - Long, slightly drying and full of all those wonderful fruit and spice characteristics.

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