Code
Distillery
Balmenach
Name
Flavour kaleidoscope
Producer
SMWS
Region
Speyside
Age
10 years
ABV
60.3%
Bottler Type
Independent
Category
Scotch
Flavor Profile
Oily & Coastal
The whisky presents glacé cherries and crispy seaweed alongside charred lemons and honeyed crumpets, with a subtle madeira cake backdrop.
It reveals a sweet soy sauce character blended with crushed green grapes and a hint of akvavit. Upon dilution, peaches and lime emerge with perfumed floral notes, overnight oats, and brined olive complexity, creating a silky texture.
The finish combines salty and fruity maritime notes with peaches, lime, and banana, delivering a balanced and multi-layered conclusion.
As we pressed glacé cherries and crispy seaweed into madeira cake, charred lemons landed on honeyed crumpets. The palate was a sweet dipping soy sauce blended with crushed green grapes and a tickle of akvavit. As water was added, a punnet of peaches fell into a perfumed handbag, joined by overnight oats and a brined olive. The texture was now silky, and a salty and fruity mix of the sea, limes, banana and peaches filled a kaleidoscopic bao bun.