Balvenie 30 Year Old - 2000s

INFORMATION

Balvenie 30 Year Old. Bottled 2000s. Matured in a combination of Oak Casks & Oloroso Sherry Butts. 70cl. 47.3%.

One of the first of the non-vintage bottlings of Balvenie 30-year-old, this edition dates from the early to mid 2000s, so the spirit would have been distilled in the 1970s. These sumptuous Balvenies were small batch bottlings, assembled from a mix of 'traditional oak' (aka refill casks) and Oloroso sherry casks by the legendary David Stewart and bottled at an enticing 47.3%. One of the ultimate after-dinner drams.

DISTILLERY:Balvenie

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:47.3%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

BOTTLING DATE::2000s

AGE:30

One of Speyside’s iconic distilleries, Balvenie was founded in 1892 by William Grant & Sons of Glenfiddich, who still own and run the distillery today. Balvenie was expanded three times between 1957-71, bringing the total number of stills to eight and the distillery now has a capacity of around 7m litres per annum and makes one of the world’s best-selling single malt whiskies. 

Balvenie’s recent success is largely thanks to Master Distiller Emeritus David Stewart, who started his career at Grant’s in 1962 and pioneered the art of double maturation with the release of Balvenie Doublewood in 1993. Prestige official bottlings of Balvenie are highly sought after, particularly the long-aged 1960s and 1970s vintages and the more recent Tun 1401 and Tun 1509 series. Independent Balvenie is extremely rare, though Cadenhead’s and Dun Eideann/Signatory have released some excellent vintages in the past.