Taster

Nose: An elegant, soft, luscious, nose that reminds you of pancakes dripping with butter and honey.

Palate: Soft and mouthfilling with little spikes of wood notes and citrus. Dries as it develops.

Finish: Ripe soft and long, drying into wood then burnt orange.

Comment: Complex, luscious, gorgeous.

Score: 9

Taster

Nose: Fudge. Honey. A hint of heather. Very soft.

Palate: Intensely sweet and Sauternes-like. Or perhaps orange muscat? With water, yet sweeter and fruitier.

Finish: Becoming more like dark, clear, liquid, honey.

Comment: Extraordinarily distinctive. All the characteristics I expect in Balvenie, but I have never experienced them in such a concentrated intensity.

Score: 9.3