The name Balvenie is infered by the castle Balvenie which is located close by and means as much as ‘city of luck’. It is one of many distilleries of the village Dufftown, the secret ‘capital of whisky’ in the Speyside and is also named as ‘little sister’ of Glenfiddich. The distillery was built in 1892 nearly by one’s own hands by William Grant & Sons out of the ruins of the guesthouse. Today the distillery owns more than eight stills and since 1990 there is another distillery on the compound named Kininvie. The water that is used has its origin in the spring Robbie Dubh, the same spring Glenfiddich uses its water from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Balvenie 12 Year Old Home Malted is a tribute to the distillery’s oldest-ever released bottling, created by Malt Master Kelsey McKechnie. The whisky was initially matured in American oak and subsequently finished in ex-sherry European oak casks. The barley used comes entirely from the distillery’s own maltings\u2014one of the few in Scotland that still malts its own grain. The result is a harmonious, elegant interpretation of the classic Balvenie style, featuring warm biscuit aromas and honeyed toffee on the nose, candied ginger and raisins on the palate, and a full-bodied, velvety-smooth finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":183042,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2320,2258,10302,8336,10242,2204,2276,2512,2170],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-182902","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-balvenie-en","product_cat-distilleries-en","product_cat-monthlyoffers","product_cat-offers","product_cat-regions","product_cat-scotland-en","product_cat-single-malt-en","product_cat-speyside-en","product_cat-whisky-en","pa_bottling_date-15357","pa_cask_type-americanoak-en","pa_cask_type-sherry-cask-finish-en","pa_country-schottland-en-2","pa_destillation_age-12-en","pa_destillation_date-keine-angabe-en-2","pa_region-speyside-en","pa_whisky_bottler-destillen-original-abfuellung-en","pa_whisky_bottler_series-keine-angabe-en-2","first","instock","sale","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n