While visiting my home in Memphis last year, the World's Greatest Liquor Store (as I like to call it) had a sample pack of the Balvenie triplets. With the rum cask and 17 year old included for a similar price as a bottle of the 12 year old, this was an amazing deal (to not have to buy those bottles)... The nose is pear, grapes, nuts & honey, toffee, and a little bit of burnt toast. This is what I imagine a classic Speyside should smell like, if it wasn't trying too hard. The entry follows that subtle breakfast theme with orange marmalade, which develops into a grainy vanilla, and then a finish of average-length. Nothing exciting, just a good malt which demonstrates that you can, in fact, create a regional character without weaponizing sherry.