Balvenie Signature 12yo replaced the fondly-remembered Founders Reserve 10yo as the staple in the distillery's range. This is a marriage of Sherry, Bourbon and Refill casks and, as always with Balvenie, it's a polished, mellow whisky to relax with. Web-Exclusive Price!
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CountryScotlandRegionSpeysideBottlerDistillery BottlingAge12 Year Old
Tasting Notes from whisky-pages.com (Gavin D. Smith)
Rich and malty on the nose, with characteristically insinuating notes of spice, dried fruits, vanilla and honey. Becoming increasingly floral, with soft toffee and a hint of sweet Sherry as it warms in the glass.
Full-bodied on the palate, yet with classic Balvenie smoothness and grace. Vanilla, honey, Sherried cinnamon, nutmeg and a whiff of smoke merge beautifully. The finish is long with spicy oak. A great whisky. David Stewart has performed his magic once again!
Tasting Notes by Dr Whisky
Not unlike the 10yo Founder's Reserve (discontinued come 2009) in its restrained richness with orange oil, honey, a touch of smoke, and a slight sherry influence of dried fruits.
Mellow and fruity. Some kind of spiciness, too. Toasty, vanilla-ed and laundry fresh, with a medium short finish of oak and outdoorsy spice.
SUMMARY:
Compact and complex, although pinpointing particular flavours is a challenge as they are all bound up in each other. The kind of well-constructed whisky that reveals a new aroma, taste or impression every sip. The 18% sherry casks used in this whisky make their mark, but gently, like the Founder's Reserve. Available in small releases, who knows how each batch will vary?
[These notes are taken from drwhisky.blogspot.com]
Producer's Tasting Notes
Nose: Rich and complex with honey, citrus fruits and vanilla oak notes.
Taste: Rich and honeyed with a hint of sherry fruitiness. A spiciness of cinnamon and nutmeg and a subtle oakiness develop with time. The finish is warm and lingering.
Customer Reviews:
Batch #4. There is a sherry influence on the nose but it is fairly light. Some honey there too and plenty of malty biscuits. To taste, this is mellowness personified with plesent malty flavours and subtle dried fruit. The finish is modest and lightly spiced. One to drink on an evening when you aren't looking for big peat or sherry influences.
- Kevin H, 12 days ago
A step up from the Double Wood, not an awful lot to say about it, it's a very good price for a very enjoyable whiskey. One i'll always re-buy when I run out.
- anonymous, 10th Dec '11
Delicious an smooth. Absolute delight and one of the better single malts I have had the pleasure of drinking
- anonymous, 4th Dec '11
Just excellent whisky...
- Rumen, 10th Nov '11
Nectar of the highest quality. Very few better than this, be they sherried or not. Single Malt Ambrosia!
- steve @ RumandReviews, 13th Aug '11
Must say this is not nearly as good a dram as the 10y/o founders that it replaced.To me it is to similar in style to the double wood.I used to buy a lot of the founders reserve, but alas i have only bought 1 bottle of signiture,and have moved my tastes to pastures new.Bring back the founders reserve -and it was considerably less expensive than its replacement.RMcDonald
- anonymous, 13th Apr '11
Had a bottle of this over xmas - very smooth.... easy to drink..
- Dirk, 1st Mar '11
this is an excellent whisky, complex nose, smooth and spicy with a long finish, so easy to drink! just finished the 12 year old cragganmore and i rate this as being a better whisky.
- James D, 25th Feb '11
Fair, Four ex pats now in Canada had a tasting in St. Andrews. 14 single malts ,
- anonymous, 27th Mar '10
One of the most graceful, subtle
- Greg from Paris (a new whisky writer), 24th May '09
Thanks to my ex-wife!! It worth every penny!
- ROMUZ, 18th Apr '09
if this is to replace the fouders reserve at some point then im quite happy about it. its rather good for the money. ive had whiskeys for twice the price and they are not as good.
- mighty quaid, 4th Jan '09
some citrus,vanilla,spices,and a touch of oak. sweetness of the sherry casks too..
- Ciccio, 25th Jun '08
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