Burnside 27 Year Old ‘The Huntly’ The Octaves Duncan Taylor (Exclusive to Hedonism Wines) 1997
`The Huntly`is the name Duncan Taylor give to Burnside. Burnside is the trade name for “tea-spooned” Balvenie. “Tea-spooning” is when a tiny amount of single malt from another distillery is added to the cask to prevent independent bottlers labelling the whisky as a single malt.
Cutting a long story short, we are delighted to present a very wonderful 27 year old Burnside, finished in an octave cask and bottled exclusively for Hedonism Wines.
The cask influence is subtle and balanced, but the distillery character really shines - notes of fresh orchard fruit, citrus oil and spongecake mingle on the nose while the palate offers hints of racio, ripe blueberries, apple turnover and a hint of pepper. A wonderfully complex malt, bottled at 50.1% and limited to just 91 bottles.
Balvenie
One of Speyside's most famous single malts, located in Dufftown and owned by William Grant and Sons. The distillery was founded in the late 1800s by William Grant, who worked at the Mortlach distillery nearby. Master Distiller David Stewart is credited with making Balvenie the powerhouse we know today.
David worked at Balvenie for many decades and introduced many innovations that are now widespread across the industry including 'cask finishes' where whiskies are aged for a period in ex-Bourbon wood before being finished for a relative short period in a more active barrel.
Read our interview with Balvenie Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie here.
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