Product description
The Old & Rare Platinum Selection series debuted in 2002 in the Douglas Laing & Co. offering (the first editions were bottled for the Japanese market).
It soon arrived in Europe, where it is still considered the most prestigious among independent publishers. In 2013, after 40 years of success, the Laing brothers divided the assets of the family company and decided to operate separately. The Old & Rare series currently belongs to Hunter Laing & Co., founded and managed by Stewart Laing, and has lost none of its appeal. The Balmenach presented here, distilled in January 1990, spent over three decades in a bourbon barrel. In May 2022, its contents translated into 324 bottles of cask strength whisky (44.5% abv).
Aroma : mosses and ferns, lemon sorbet, gooseberries, quince jam, caramel, milk chocolate, nougat, allspice, notes of potpourri and toasted oak.
Taste: milk fudge, vanilla, chocolate orange peel, peaches, cherries, buttery croissant, marzipan, a touch of cinnamon, herbs and oak.
Finish : quite long, with notes of vanilla, toffee, cinnamon, stewed apples and pears, white pepper and oak tannins.