Balvenie DoubleWood 17 Year

N: wet wood and salt. Damp note overall, find some sweet notes at the end. T: wet oak and spices, vanilla, more salt and some floral notes. The end is rubbery?

Nose - Vanilla, stewed fruit, oak Palate - Sweet, smooth, spice, chocolate Finish - Medium, oak, dried fruit

For a bourbon drinker who abhors peat, this was the scotch that has become one of my favorite pours. It’s has a warm sherry orange peel flavor with a hint of chocolate, the 17 years in the barrel are present but in the background. Then it coats your palate and leaves a little bit of heat.

On the nose I'm immediately picking up tropical fruits. I get banana, pineapple, strawberry, and vanilla. It reminds me of those tropical caprisun juice packs I drank as a kid. The lasting notes on the nose is like a strawberry starburst. The nose is the highlight of the whisky for me. The palate is soft, sweet, a plastic note, a dash of spice. The finish is medium-long with dry and bitter oak, spice, and plastic synthetic taste. I've give this a 4.1 or 82. The main area that I'd know this whisky is that the palate is just too thin. If only this were bottled at 46-48%, the palate would really come alive.

Smooth, sweet with dried fruit notes. Lingering finish that maintains the flavor.

Notes of licorice toffe, vainilla and clove on the nose. Excellent long finish with a bit of peat and spicy on the palate.