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Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch No.4 Cask Strength Single Malt. Speyside, Scotland. ABV: 50.4%. $0 – courtesy of my mate Brett.
Colour: Deep amber.
Nose: Sweet, a bit oaky. Vanilla notes.
Palate: A very smooth entry, lots of flavour. As my trusted whisky tasting mate Brett remarked, “a fine drop that has given us renewed vigour!”. Tastes a little like the Hazelburn Sauternes Cask single malt.
Finish: Sweet aftertaste.
Comments: Quite a hurried tasting as we were running late for dinner with friends, certainly not time to taste it properly and do this dram justice. I’ve left Brett a bottle of whisky at his place so I have an excuse to come back and have another tasting of the Balvenie Tun 1401. As one of our friends commented at dinner, “A bottle a day? That’s not a blog, that’s a problem!”…I politely pointed out that it’s called Whisky a Day, not Bottle a Day.