Tastes

It's one of the most soft and gentle whiskies! Awesome taste, very delicate with deep sherry+oak notes! Very delicious and pleasant. Tasted it in parallel with Glendronach 12. Both are great, but Balvenie is extremly soft.

It's truly perfect. Ideally balanced, unusual nutty aftertaste, raisins, oak, apple notes. I've enjoyed it. Really great product.

Sherry cask is pronounced on the palate. This whiskey is unusually soft and even somewhat sweet. In softness for myself, I can compare with Dalwhinnie 15 years old, in sweetness like a very soft bourbon. A very unusual whiskey and I really liked it.

To be honest, it didn't surprise me. Even the Bulleit is not much inferior in taste characteristics. The first sip was promising with soft notes of vanilla, dried fruit and oak, however, as the bottle was going to be empty (approximately 2 weeks) the taste deteriorated exponentially. A similar drinking of the same Bulleit or Woodford did not change the taste so much, and their price is 2-3 times less. Bottom line - it's quite cool and cool to take somewhere in a bar, but not a whole bottle.

Prior to this, from peated whiskey I tasted Laphroaig Select, which is considered the entry level to this type of whiskey. From Ardbeg 10 I expected something powerfully peaty, but unexpectedly it turned out to be just as pleasant as the Laphroaig Select. Peat is revealed only in the aftertaste, and oaky fruity notes are the first to reveal, already turning into moderate peat towards the finish. The result is a very pleasant whiskey, I will take more.

Perfectly balanced, oak, apples, plumps in taste, medium to long aftertaste. Very pleasant whisky. And cool design of bootle, by the way.