Balvenie – 14 Year Old Week of Peat (70cl, 48.3%)

This is a 14 year old single malt from Balvenie, bottled at 48.3% in a 70cl bottle. It belongs to The Balvenie Stories range and was inspired by distillery manager Ian Millar installing a peat burner at the distillery. For one week each year the distillery makes peated whisky using Speyside peat, which adds fragrant smoke to the classic Balvenie flavour profile. The nose is gently sweet with peat smoke, lighter floral notes and delicate butterscotch honey. The palate is velvety and round, with the smoke balancing citrus, oaky vanilla and blossom honey. The finish is gentle smoke with a lingering, creamy vanilla sweetness.