ABV: 43%

Casks: Caribbean rum casks

Age statement: 14

 

Color: Dark honey

 

Nose: Lovely dark sugars, with some furniture polish and charred oak punching through. Undertones of raisins, blue plums, cardamum and green grapes. 16/25

Taste: Peppery demerara sugar, continued oak notes, a slight malty/biscuity flavour with bitter cocoa on top. Hints of heather. Very mild. 12/25

Finish: Unripe green apple and banana peels, some demerara and tannins. 8/25

Style: Too mild and too bitter. Strange finish. 10/25

Total: Has potential, but a bit too weird. 46/100

Traditional score: 73/100

The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14