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The Balvenie DoubleWood 17 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750ml

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Product Description

The traditional crafts of malt whisky making still flourish at the balvenie distillery. The Balvenie Distillery has been owned and managed by the same independent family company for five generations. Nowhere else will you find a distillery that still grows its own barley, still MALTS in its own traditional floor maltings and still employs a TEAM OF COPPERS to tend all the casks and a COPPERSMITH to maintain the stills. The fifth rare craft is that of MAlt MAster, David Stewart. Over fifty years of experience enables him to SKILFULLY use different types of cask and different ages of spirit to craft The Balvenie range of single malts. Each expression has a distinctive taste, but all share a rich, honeyed character. The Balvenie Doublewood acquires its complex yet rich and smooth taste from its maturation in two different types of oak cask. Whisky Oak: Many years of maturation in TRADITIONAL whisky casks mellows the maturing spirit and mellows the maturing spirit and IMPARTS WARMING LAYERS of vanilla spiciness. First Cask. Sherry Oak: Further maturation in european oak SHERRY casks increases complexity, bringing fruity, honeyed DEPTHS to the resulting SINGLE MALT. Second Cask.

Product Specs

Alcohol by Volume43.0%
Country of OriginScotland
RegionSpeyside
UPC083664873005

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Awards & Scores

Critic reviews and blind-tasting competition results for this bottle.

What critics and judges wrote

Wine Enthusiast · Kara Newman · December 2017
This sherry cask-finished Scotch offers creamy vanilla and crème brûlée, plus a mouthwatering citrus astringency on the midpalate and baking spice finish. Adding water pulls it all together, blending together lemon cream, almond and a gently spiced exhale.
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94 ptsDecember 2013wineenthusiast.com ↗
Redolent of honey and fresh apple, this double wood (American oak and Sherry cask) whisky is rich and slightly viscous on the palate, showing a deep crème brûlée note laced with zesty lemon peel and ginger.
Distiller · Stephanie Moreno
Sweet without being cloying, the dried fruit notes from the sherry are present, but don't overpower the malt whisky. … The whisky feels lush on your palate with a creamy texture. This is a crowd-pleasing, enjoyable whisky.
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Whisky Advocate · Dave Broom · 2013
This gives more of a nod to Cognac than Speyside; something to do with the dried apricot, orange blossom, and golden syrup.
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Competition medals

International Spirits Challenge
Show 3 earlier medals, 2013 to 2015

6 medals from 1 competition, 2013 to 2019.

Tasting Notes

Flavor profile

How strongly each flavor family shows up across 6 notes from 4 publications, weighted by source.

  • Herbal & greenorange blossomA hint
  • Fruitycitrus astringency, lemon cream, dried apricot, more dried fruits, an almost jammy finishClear
  • Sweetcreamy vanilla and crème brûlée, golden syrup, honey, a deep crème brûlée note, vanillaClear
  • Oak & maltalmond, some cereal is glimpsedA hint
  • SmokeA hint
  • Spicebaking spice finish, gently spiced exhale, ginger, vanilla spicinessLight

Flavor map

The Balvenie DoubleWood 17 Year Old against other Scotch whiskies we carry. Closer dots taste more alike.

← More delicateRicher →Less smokySmokier →The BalvenieDoubleWood 17 YearOldGlenmorangie 'Allta'Private Edition No 10Oban 2023 SpecialRelease 'The Soul ofCalypso' 11 Year OldCompass Box Hedonism

Closest Scotch whiskies at a similar price: Glenmorangie 'Allta' Private Edition No 10 ($169.98), Oban 2023 Special Release 'The Soul of Calypso' 11 Year Old ($199.96), and Compass Box Hedonism ($149.98).

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Each whisky's place on the map, from 0 to 10.

WhiskyRichSmokyPrice
The Balvenie DoubleWood 17 Year Old (this bottle)5.61.2$249.98
Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair5.81.0$54.98
Copper Dog6.01.3$34.97
Craigellachie 13 Year Old5.21.3$75.98
Glendronach Original 12 Year Old6.01.3$74.98
The Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Year Old5.31.5$74.98
Glenmorangie 'Allta' Private Edition No 105.21.0$169.98
Monkey Shoulder 'The Original' Batch 276.01.4$34.97
Oban 2023 Special Release 'The Soul of Calypso' 11 Year Old5.60.7$199.96
Compass Box Hedonism5.11.1$149.98
The Feathery5.31.7$79.98
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old5.01.3$44.97
1991 Glenkinchie 24 Year Old5.21.7$1,999.96
Mortlach Game of Thrones 'Six Kingdoms' 15 Year Old6.00.7$199.96
Mortlach Rare Old5.90.6$499.96
The GlenAllachie 12 Year Old6.21.5$89.98
Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Extremely Rare6.31.2$189.97
The Macallan Sherry Oak Cask 12 Year Old5.71.9$119.97
Glenfarclas 25 Year Old6.30.9$259.96
The Balvenie 'The Sweet Toast of American Oak' 12 Year Old5.30.5$89.96
The Balvenie French Oak 16 Year Old5.00.7$189.96
Dewar's 15 Year Old4.81.2$24.97
Glenmorangie 'Signet'6.41.3$349.98
Old Pulteney 21 Year Old6.31.6$699.96
The BenRiach 'The Twelve' 12 Year Old6.30.8$69.98
The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 Year Old5.82.0$119.98

Flavor scores are our estimates. A flavor scores higher when more critics mention it and when they describe it more strongly, so no single review sets the result. They are not a rating from any publication.

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