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Ballantine's Very Old Scotch Whisky 17YO
Ballantine's

Ballantine's Very Old Scotch Whisky 17YO

Sale price$299.99

— The Ballantine’s 17 year old whisky was first blended in the 1930s and created in the true Ballantine family style
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— The Ballantine’s 17 year old won the Whisky Bible 2011 World Whisky of the Year
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— Matured for 17 years in first-fill American oak ex-Bourbon casks.

Origin

Dumbarton , Scotland

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SKU: BVOSW17Y10 UCAU
  • 97.5 Points
TASTING NOTES

COLOUR: Golden amber. When you at first open the bottle, sherry and toffee notes float up. The Ballantine’s 17 year old makes long thick oily fingers in the glass.

NOSE: After the initial sherry sweetness, the nose brings notes of tropical fruit, pineapple and banana. There are hints of oak and cereal at the back. The nose is complex, luxurious and creamy.

PALATE: The Ballantine’s is incredibly smooth. The palate brings notes of creamy oak and spice. There are hints of vanilla sweetness balanced with little bits of smoke. It is a complex whisky that reminds us of liquid gold. Drinking this 17 year old is an amazing experience.

FINISH: Long and lingering with fruit and hints of sweetness, oak and spice at the end. This blended whisky is impressive.

TASTING PROFILE
  • LIGHT
  • FULL
  • LOW TANNIN
  • TANNIC
  • SWEET
  • DRY
  • LOW ACIDITY
  • HIGH ACIDITY
Food Pairings:
  • Pork
  • Red Meat

Classification: Spirits

Variety: Whisky

Vintage: NV

Bottle : 700ml

Country: Scotland

Region: Dumbarton

Alcohol: 43.0%

Cellaring: 15 Plus Years

Scores

97.5/100

(97.5 points) - (n24.5) deft grain and honey plus teasing salty peat; ultra high quality with bourbon and pear drops offering the thrust; a near unbelievable integration with gooseberry juice offering a touch of sharpness muted by watered golden syrup; (t24) immediately mouthwatering with maltier tones clambering over the graceful cocoa-enriched grain; the degrees of sweetness are varied but near perfection; just hints of smoke here and there; (f24) lashings of vanilla and cocoa on the fade; drier with a faint spicey, vaguely smoky buzz; has become longer with more recent bottlings with the most subtle oiliness imaginable; (b25) now only slightly less weighty than of old. After a change of style direction it has comfortably reverted back to its sophisticated, mildly erotic old self. One of the most beautiful, complex and stunningly structured whiskies ever created. Truly the epitome of great Scotch. To the extent that for the last year, I have simply been unable to find a better whisky anywhere in the world. 43% - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2013

Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible

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