Description
A litre bottle of Ballantine's Finest Scotch Whisky, produced by George Ballantine & Son Limited. This bottle was produced for the duty free market. We estimate this was bottled in the 1980s.
Ballantine's
Ballantine's Finest Bottled 1980s 100cl / 43%, Bourbon & Sherry Cask, 43%
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TypeBlended Whisky
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Change+74.5%
LatestSGD 79
HighSGD 79
LowSGD 40
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- Type
- Blended Whisky
- Region
- Scotland
- Age
- N.A
- Vintage
- N.A
- Bottled
- N.A
- ABV
- 43%
- Volume
- 100cl
- Distillery
- Ballantine's
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- Bourbon & Sherry Cask
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- Lightly Peated
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- N.A
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- No
- Bottle count
- N.A
- Has box
- No
- Closure
- Screw Cap
- Presentation
- Bottle and carton box
- Series highlights
- N.A
- Historical context
- Recipe dates back to 1910
- Special release
- Duty Free
- Allocation
- Duty Free
- Nose
- Impressive and charming, with notes of butterscotch, citrus, toasted grains, fruit, caramel, spice, smoke, hazelnut syrup, malt, and candy sweetness.
- Palate
- Balanced and rich, with flavors of caramel, smoke, fruit, malt, butterscotch, spice, toasted grains, graham, and citrus.
- Finish
- Elegant and long-lasting, with notes of smoke, leather, nuts, and fruit, fading into an acidic alkaline character.