Balvenie – 12 Year Old Single Barrel First Fill

Balvenie Single Barrel First Fill is a single malt aged for at least 12 years in a first fill ex-bourbon cask, meaning a bourbon cask that is being used for the first time in Scotland. The Malt Master samples the whisky cask by cask and chooses only those marked by sweetness and subtle vanilla oak. Each bottle is hand-numbered and carries the number of the cask it came from. The nose is sweet vanillin oak, maple syrup, gentle citrus and allspice. On the palate come grilled pineapple, lemon sponge cake and caramel sauce, followed by a long finish of buttered raisin toast and lingering oak sweetness.