Send The Balvenie Stories, The Week of Peat 14 year old Whisky

Story #2: The Week of Peat is the story where distillery manager Ian Millar, spotted a week’s gap in the distillery schedule.  Eager to experiment with The Balvenie profile using what he had learnt from a recent trip to Islay, he ordered a batch of Speyside peat for the kiln and build a peat burner on the side ‘for, well, extra peatiness’.  Described as “a sweet, smoky and fragrant expression of The Balvenie, crafted by distilling peated malt for one week of the year”, it’s bottled at 48.3% ABV and without chill filtration.

TASTING NOTES

NOSE Gentle sweet peat smoke, lighter floral notes and delicate butterscotch honey.

TASTE Velvety and round to taste with the peat smoke balancing citrus flavours, oaky vanilla and blossom honey.

FINISH Gentle smoke with a lingering and creamy vanilla sweetness.