Balvenie 12 Years Double Wood Single Malt Tasting/Review | Whisky.com

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TLDRIn this video, Horst and Ben Luenning review the Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood whisky from Speyside, highlighting its suitability for beginners due to its smooth, non-smoky character. The whisky is matured initially in classical oak casks and finished in sherry casks, enhancing its flavor with sweet vanilla, sherry, fruit, nuts, and a hint of oak. The reviewers discuss the whisky's rich history, noting the current status under a new master distiller and its marking of a 25-year milestone. Balvenie 12 Years has a 48% ABV, and its distillery is located in Dufftown, Scotland, an area central to whisky production. It's described as a well-balanced whisky, with incredible intensity for its ABV, making it an ideal gift for someone new to whisky.

Para llevar

  • 🥃 Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood is an ideal whisky for beginners.
  • 🏔️ The distillery is located in Dufftown, Scotland, known for its whisky production.
  • 🎂 This bottle marks the 25th anniversary of Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood.
  • 🍊 The whisky has notes of sweet vanilla, sherry, oranges, and nuts.
  • 🔄 Initially aged in oak casks, it finishes maturation in sherry casks.
  • 👏 The review praises its smooth, complex flavor with no smoky presence.
  • 👩‍🔬 The distillery recently appointed a new, young master distiller.
  • 🥇 Balvenie 12 is recommended for its fullness and non-intense character.
  • 🍯 Notably sweet, with honey and fruity undertones.
  • 🔥 At 48% ABV, it provides intense yet smooth flavor.

Cronología

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    In this video, the hosts, Horst and his son Ben, discuss the Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood whiskey. This whisky is considered a standard from Speyside and is recommended for beginners due to its double maturation process, first in classical oak casks and then in old sherry casks, giving it a distinctive sherry character and fruitiness. They also mention a change in the master distiller at Balvenie, with Donald retired and still offering mentorship. Additionally, it's noted that the Balvenie 12 Years was introduced in 1993, replacing the older 10-year version. They highlight its smooth, sweet vanilla and orange flavors, and how it offers a complex, well-balanced taste without being too intense or smoky, making it an excellent choice for newcomers to whisky.

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  • What is the Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood whisky?

    It's a double matured whisky from Speyside, first aged in oak casks and then finished in sherry casks.

  • Why is the Balvenie 12 Years recommended for beginners?

    It's smooth, complex but not intense, with no smoky or sharp flavors, making it approachable.

  • How is the Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood matured?

    First in classical oak casks, then finished for nine months in old sherry casks.

  • Who is the current master distiller at Balvenie?

    A young woman recently took over after the retirement of the previous master distiller, Stewart.

  • What was special about the bottle mentioned in the review?

    It has a label marking the 25th anniversary since the Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood was established.

  • What flavors can be detected in Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood?

    Sweet vanilla, sherry, oranges, nuts, fine oak, fruity and honey notes.

  • What is the ABV of Balvenie 12 Years Doublewood?

    It has an alcohol by volume (ABV) of 48%.

  • Where is the Balvenie distillery located?

    In Dufftown, Scotland, also known as the hidden capital of the whisky industry.

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    welcome to whisky.com be fine spirits
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    meet my name is luening horst luening
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    this my son Ben and today we are tasting
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    the bell we need 12 years dummy woods
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    well this is a real standard from the
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    space side it's one of the well the
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    whiskies I would always recommend for
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    beginners it's a double matured whisky
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    means first in classical oak casks and
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    then we have a finishing period of nine
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    months in old sherry casks and this
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    brings this sherry character and
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    fruitiness to the whisky I'm really
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    excited about how how this is going to
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    continue because they they changed
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    master distiller I think didn't um
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    Stewart's yeah but I think he retired
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    and got the very young woman in there
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    done didn't he he retired he's still
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    doing some mentoring and what's
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    particularly in this bottle is less the
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    25th anniversary on top of this in the
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    band role and in red and I thought it
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    was especially for our company our 25th
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    anniversary but no the Baldini 12 years
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    old was established in 1993 when our
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    company was founded and before that
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    there had been a 10 years of age with a
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    cognac shaped bottle little greenish
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    from the glass and then they moved to
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    this new bottle with a 10 year old and
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    that was a mixture from ex cherry Cass
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    and expert castes and then they moved
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    forward first increase in their store
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    the warehouses the storage I moved to a
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    12 years of age and this is the but we
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    need double bought and this is the
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    standard from the distillery now and the
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    10 years old is gone for four years and
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    years now yeah you're grinning it's very
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    good whisky yeah I had it on the few
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    bill binney events I know it's good
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    I always find really really funny is you
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    have a bunch been Shia on there and I
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    did two tours in Scotland but when I was
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    16 so I was a bit of an ignorant
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    teenager so I didn't care where I was
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    driving but when I did the tour in
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    Canada the the last thing I did was go
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    to the Banff region in Canada into the
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    National Park it was really really
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    beautiful in the Rocky Mountains and
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    yeah I think that came from the Scottish
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    band mm-hmm probably just region in
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    Scotland on the Balvenie distillery is
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    located in Deaf town the hidden capital
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    of the whisky industry Rome was built on
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    seven hills - tom was built on seven
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    stills so the original capital I think
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    is Allegan of the region but the tough
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    town is from the mouth of the whisky
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    produced is the capital with now eight
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    distilleries in deaf town so a wonderful
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    smell in the nose already and this is
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    the start is sweet vanilla sherry
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    oranges juice oranges no alcohol at all
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    yeah and this the second drama have and
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    now the vanilla is much stronger than
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    the beginning in the beginning they had
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    been a lot of orange juice and orange
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    aromas sweet orange aroma in that but
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    now it's vanilla and vanilla mmm it's
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    for me I always find a lot of orange in
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    there it's just when you smell the
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    beautiful orange character so if this is
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    the Epiphany of orange charactered
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    whisky also you got a lot of juicy
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    fruits juicy orange and sherry a little
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    bit of fine oak I would say plus of
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    sweetness with vanilla honey yeah
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    written noise mm soft water coming
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    sweetness on my tongue and then yeah and
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    then a little spiciness rises it's the
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    oak found out the orange juice is really
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    present here more and more and it's full
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    in my mouth and this is just for 8% ABV
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    so this is incredible intense for such a
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    weak are smooth whiskey yeah really good
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    long I have to taste warming sherry in a
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    little nuttiness coming through and this
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    is typical for the owner also sherry
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    casks there's sherry can set up in total
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    that there is oh yeah this is not
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    innocent
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    mmm what the with a whiskey in your
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    mouth you do got this juicy juicy orange
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    with a lot of other foods sherry
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    mmm nice sweet and when you you just
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    wait a bit there comes that nuttiness
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    little bit of final character a little
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    bit more intense really a very nice
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    well-balanced whisky and incredibly
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    present or intense with the with the
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    aromas for just the 48 percent ABV
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    visions but it's still incredibly oily
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    and smooth as well so yeah definitely a
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    beginner's one and this is well whenever
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    I have to suggest whiskey to potential
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    buyers as well I need some foreign for
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    an uncle or so I said you have no idea
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    what to what to bring as a present that
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    weenie is just the right one because
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    it's not that intense its complex is
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    full it's rewarding and it is not smoky
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    stinky
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    not sharp at all so as everything
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    because this cherry is just to finish a
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    9-month sherry
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    finish and this brings this fruitiness
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    and there's a little nuttiness to it so
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    a wonderful drum should be finished but
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    today sorry I have still one or two to
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    go
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    so this is for my health ok nice so
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