29th Jan, 2025 10:00
Whisky | A Taste of Tradition
BALVENIE 10 YEAR OLD FOUNDER'S RESERVE COGNAC BOTTLE
SPEYSIDE SINGLE MALT
40% ABV / 70cl
Balvenie is part of the Grant’s family and sits beside its sister distilleries, Glenfiddich and Kininvie, in the Speyside burgh of Dufftown. Established in 1892, just a few years after Glenfiddich, Balvenie has spent its life supplying the heart of the Grant’s blend. In fact, it wasn’t until nearly 100 years later, when Kininvie was built, that it was able to seriously market its own single malt.
One of very few distilleries to retain its own malting floor, Balvenie is slightly unusual for a modern Speyside whisky in that it still uses a small percentage of peated malt to make its spirit. While the new make it produces is far from smoky, this small amount of peat gives it a distinctive character that has helped it become one of the best-selling malt whiskies in the world.
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£100 - £150
Buyer's premium: 24.00%
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Auction: Whisky | A Taste of Tradition, 29th Jan, 2025
Kicking 2025 off in style, our first whisky auction of the year is awash with fine and rare drams from Scotland’s most popular distilleries. Springbank is well represented with a complete Millennium Collection and a 1965 vintage single cask from Wm Cadenhead. Macallan fans won’t be disappointed either, with a comprehensive selection of 18 year olds, as well as a few Anniversary Malts and 1979 Gran Reservas. Other highlights include a 1956 vintage cask strength Talisker from G&M, a wonderful Laphroaig 30 Year Old and several independent bottlings from Ardbeg, Brora, St Magdalene, and Port Ellen.
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