Balvenie TUN 1509 Batch 1 47.1% NAS

Distileerderij	Balvenie
Bottelaar	OB
Serie	Tun 1509 Batch No 1
Gebotteld voor	X
Gedistilleerd op	NV
Gebotteld	08.2014
Land	Schotland
Streek	Speyside
Leeftijd
Cask Type	35 American Oak Barrels + 7 Sherry Butts
Vatnummer
Alcohol percentage	47.1
Inhoud	0,70
Conditie	In originele verpakking
Etiket	Licht gevlekt
Voorraad	0

Professionele reviews

Serge Valentin (90)

This baby replaces the famous - and excellent – inceptions of Tun 1401. Less sherry, more bourbon.

Colour: amber.

Nose: same price and same quality, this is embarrassingly successful yet again. Beehive, honey, wax, overripe apples and mangos, that kind of thing. Then old amoroso, heather honey, rose jelly, blood oranges, juicy sultanas, pollen… Gets more and more tertiary after two minutes, with cigars, pu-erh tea, earth after a summer rain. Disappointingly superb. I’d love to find bad things to write about these ‘Tuns’. Help me!

Mouth: I’m afraid it works again. I’m highly disappointed. I’m about to write a letter to the Company. No, seriously, it’s a pretty perfect pack, and even if there’s a wee bit of drying oakiness/spiciness in the background, all the rest is singing loud and clear, with body and complexity. Oranges, honey, tobacco, coffee, mango chutney, a touch of ginger and even tonic water, pink grapefruits… All perfect. Almost forgot to mention ripe plums.

Finish: long, with more oranges, stewed rhubarb and clove. Christmas is around the corner (hey?)

Comments: the ‘good’ NAS way, IMHO. They’ve done it again, even if some batches of Tun 1401 may have been a little more ‘rich and wide’, and better polished. They could try to do a ‘Glenfiddich Tun’, with a bit of sherry (S., please!)

BOW (90)