Balvenie The Sweet Toast of American Oak 12 Year

Balvenie is one of my favorite distilleries. The profile is so crisp and clean just oozing quality. This is expensive for a 12 year yes but its worth the price of admission. Nose is fresh honeycrisp apples wrapped in caramel, rich malt and toasted oak. Some baking spices flare up to round it out. Wonderful juicy inviting nose free of ethanol just dive on in. Palate is more of the same bringing a dense sweet malt, sliced apples and pears in cream with balancing barrel tannins, nutmeg followed by wispy smoke. There may be a glimmer of a peat presence but its only inferred. Finish is long lasting fruity malt and polished oak fading to a raw vanilla with singed graham cracker crust. Truly delicious this is everything you want from a Speyside and more. The drinkability is very high with a smoothness and crave factor that anyone can get onboard with.......93/100.... Easy repurchase

Has nice Vanilla flavor, not too sweet. However Laphroaigh has better smoke

Sweet and rich, a bit of vanilla. Not so sure about the after.

Very fruity. Bunch of oak, dates, dried plum

Strong charred oak. Graham cracker. Toasty. Light sweetness. Some vanilla.

Balvenie does it again. A truly delicious scotch. Woody, and sweet. Toasted vanilla that fades to a woody finish.