Balvenie Vintage Cask 1968 (Cask # 7296) / 50.8% / 0.7l

In the late 1990s, Balvenie Distillery began releasing single cask, cask strength whiskies over 30 years old.

To kick off the new millennium, David Stewart, legendary master distiller of Wm Grant & Sons, has selected five 1968-filled Balvenie casks for inclusion in his Vintage Cask series. The 32-year-old whisky on display here comes from cask no. 7296, filled on 11 June 1968, and was bottled at cask strength (50.8% abv) on 19 September 2000 in an edition limited to 180 bottles. (We wonder how many of these remain in the hands of collectors today?)

For extremely prosaic reasons we did not have a chance to taste this whisky, we only heard opinions comparing it to tasting honey in an orangery with the addition of nuts and almonds.