Balvenie
Whisky: Balvenie 10 year old (1980s bottling)
Age: 10 years
Type: Single malt
Strength: 43%
   
Distillery: Balvenie Distillery
Country: Scotland: Speyside
   
 
Date: 27-05-2013
Nose: Spicy, a little stale, some honey, a little rubber, a little glue in the background
Flavour: Quite some spices, sweet mango, stimulating, a little soap suds, pleasantly spicy though a little flat finish.
Body: Round, pleasantly thick oily.
Comments: It's the spices that make it whisky tick.
Rating: ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++- ---- ---- (7.75)