Balvenie, known for its soft and sweet spirit, produces peated malt for one week a year since 2002: this is the first batch, fully matured in American oak casks.
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TASTING NOTES BALVENIE 2002 PEAT WEEK
Nose: a very particular Balvenie. The peat is here, but it’s very subtle. Notes of honey, brown sugar, cinnamom, pepper and saffron. Incense, soot and boiled eggs in the background.
Palate: it takes a long time to fully shine. There’s a light peat note. Again we have honey and spices: black pepper and cardamom, a subtle minerality, milk chocolate. Oily and persistent.
Finish: long, medium strenght. Again notes of honey and pepper, chocolate and red fruits.
A distintictive Balvenie with a shy but perceptible peatiness. Very good.
Rating: 87