The Dram Barron

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❄️ Non Chill Filtered

🖍 Natural Colour

Strength 💪 : 47.8% ABV

Colour 🌈 : Copper Brown

Nose👃🏼 : Chocolate Orange, strawberries, lemon sherbet, green apples and pears

Taste 👅 : Fruit cake, tiramisu, cacao, plums and cinnamon

Finish 🏁 : Dark cocoa powder, stewed apples and orange marmalade

Thoughts 💭 :  Part of the Stories series this 18 Year Old Balvenie has spent 11 Years in Ex-Bourbon before a finishing period of 7 Years in Pineau Charant casks. The result of this has lead to thick and rich flavours of chocolate and coffee as well as a variety of fruity flavours. You could almost believe this was a Sherry and port maturation from the flavours.

This by far was the best of the series for me but it also bears a heavy price for it too at an rrp of £300. It is however rare to find a Balvenie 18 years old with this abv, non chill filtered and natural colour so it certainly is a treat to be had.

Sláinte!