Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 Year

Nose: Tropical fruits hit immediately, mangoes, slight bananas and sweetness of passionfruit. Orange rind follows through with slightly charred oak. Hints of walnut, almond and slight hazelnut can be found. Palate: The fruit holds back and gives way to strong oak and wood notes, where partial smoke appears. The fruit reappears as mango and green apples along with honey and caramel. Finish: Short to medium finish with heavy oak and vanilla

Light nose of wood, banana, spice, and rum. Tastes sweet, light caramel, oak, and....something nice

Had the 12 year DW so wanted to go side by side. Poured neat, deeper color and thicker on the glass. Nose has the same rich fruit but much more depth and smoothness is very evident. The malt and wood notes are polished and warm and it smells expensive. Palate brings a balance of delicious heavy malt with fruit, oak and spice. Just a hint of peat tops it off. The rum barrel finish delivers sweet complexity and elegance. Finish is excellent with long malty fruit, honey and wood, faint coffee and some drying but not a trace of bitterness. Overall a tasty scotch with no rough edges, rich deep flavor and a great finish....86/100........I find it better than the 12yr

Slight vanilla, rum, peaty flavor