The eighth release of the hugely successful Balvenie Tun 1401 found its way to Belgium at the end of 2013.
Batch 8 brings together the largest number of casks in the series so far, 9 American oak bourbon casks and 3 European oak sherry butts. One of them was filled in 1991, two in 1981 and 1982, but all the rest is 1970’s whisky. It’s the darkest Tun 1401 I’ve come across, a first hint of its character?
Balvenie Tun 1401 (50,2%, OB 2013, batch 8, 2.700 btl.)
Nose: it seems immediately different from the others. Rather...
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