Balvenie 12yo Single Barrel 1st fill #18733

The Balvenie Single Barrel First Fill has been aged in a first fill, ex-bourbon cask for at least 12 years. Almost all Scotch Whisky is matured in casks previously used by Bourbon distillers. When brought to Scotland and used for the very first time they are known as 'First Fill'. The Malt Master samples the aged whisky, cask by cask, and selects only those characterised by sweetness and subtle vanilla oak to be bottled as The Balvenie Single Barrel First Fill. Each bottle is one of no more than 300 drawn from a single cask and each is hand-numbered and carries the number of the cask in which it matured.
 
TASTING NOTES
NOSE  Sweet vanillin oak, maple syrup, gentle citrus and allspice
PALATE  Grilled pineapple, lemon sponge cake and caramel sauce
FINISH  Long finish with buttered raisin toast and lingering oak sweetness