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Balvenie 12-year-old (Sweet Toast of American Oak) — это виски с заметным влиянием сильно обжаренного американского дуба: в отзывах часто упоминаются ваниль, мёд, карамель, фрукты и специи. Мнения о балансе и сложности расходятся: одни считают его лёгким и приятным, другие — простым и «скучным».
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В большинстве текстовых отзывов нос описывается как сладкий и свежий, с ванилью, мёдом, карамелью, цитрусовыми и жёлтыми фруктами (персик, абрикос, яблоко), иногда с оттенками солода, печенья, орехов и тостов. Во вкусе повторяются ваниль, мёд, карамель/ирис, фрукты, специи (перец, имбирь, мускат), дубовая древесина и лёгкая маслянистость; некоторые отмечают горечь, кислинку или «древесную» терпкость. Финиш чаще описывают как средний или коротко-средний, с мёдом, ванилью, дубом и специями, иногда с фруктами или лёгкой горечью.
Оценки и впечатления расходятся: часть отзывов характеризует виски как хорошо сбалансированный, лёгкий и лёгкий для повседневного употребления, другие — как простой, не очень сложный, с чрезмерным влиянием обжаренного дуба, который подавляет характер дистиллята; есть и негативные отзывы о затхлости, резкости и горечи. Несколько отзывов отмечают, что 43% крепости делают вкус менее интенсивным, а добавление воды может улучшить фруктовость. Цена и соотношение цена-качество также оцениваются неоднозначно.
собрано 47/68 текстовых отзывов · полный lossless-снимок WB
· 2026-11-08T12:10:51Z · источник evidence
Smell: vanilla, tropical fruit juice, honey, overall good but also has some pungent sour smell in the newly renovated new house. Entrance: As a 43-degree wine, it is slightly mouth-piercing, bringing very obvious spicy spices. The sweetness of the entrance juice is medium, and some woody aromas emerge from the middle to bring the aroma of spices. There is a small amount of cocoa bitterness in the latter part. End rhyme: full of wood tone, obvious aroma, obvious bitterness, and a little wood acid. Baifu did not do this well. Light drinkers will find it too spicy, while deep drinkers will think it is not strong enough or complicated enough.
нос 86 · вкус 84 · финиш 84
Fresh, light, well rounded
нос 82 · вкус 84 · финиш 84
Finished in heavily toasted virgin American oak for 6mths
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| Нос | 82 | Vanilla blossom. Candied honey. Very fresh and inviting nose. |
| Вкус | 83 | Fiery and spicy oak. Toasted ce3reals. Viscous mouthfeel. Orange honey. Good texture. |
| Финиш | 83 | Medium, oily finish. Fruit gum. |
нос 86 · вкус 83 · финиш 82
"Sweet toast of american oak" - a new bottling from BALVENIE, as usual in a reserved 43% vol. A very well made whisky that doesn't hurt anyone and that you can't really fault. It works flawlessly and emotionless but I miss a recognition value. For connoisseurs who rarely drink a whisky, an absolute hit.
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| Нос | 81 | On the nose rather reserved, a little sweet, a little acid, some fresh wood. Everything is very well balanced but rather inconspicuous. Yes, doing nothing wrong could have been the motto here ... |
| Вкус | 85 | A bit full of mouthfeel, slight oiliness, nice sweetness, nice fruit, nice spice. I find it perfectly balanced, but I can't really grasp it. It seems like it is a perfect "beginner's whisky" or just an "easy dram". Great job, but without emotion. |
| Финиш | 84 | Rather short to medium length and without edges and corners. Nothing bothers, nothing stands out. But here, too, an almost silky smooth finish. |
нос 87 · вкус 86 · финиш 85
нос 85 · вкус 84 · финиш 65
нос 84 · вкус 85 · финиш 84
It tastes sweet and has a honey, nutty scent, and a tannin feel from an oak barrel
нос 83 · вкус 82 · финиш 83
нос 88 · вкус 89 · финиш 85
Nice, simple, well balanced, for everyday
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| Нос | 85 | Caramel, light honey, light sweet polish, light white peach |
| Вкус | 86 | Caramel, honey, butterscotch, sweet golden apples, light polish |
| Финиш | 86 | Medium-short, sweet polish, sour lemon, fresh oak |
Lots of fermented orchard fruits, followed by oranges, flowers, heather honey, capsicum, barbequed pineapple, toasted bread, touch of charred oak. Some earthy notes too. Well, this has really surprised me. Ralfy gave it a scathing review but I have to respectfully disagree. This is an engaging whisky, and is surprisingly spirit forward. At least my sample is. It reminds me of the fruity Glen Elgin character. It is quite robust for the relatively low ABV. Two or three drops of water and it really comes alive.
нос 87 · вкус 88 · финиш 87
Fruity, easy drinkable, quite nice
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| Нос | 85 | Citrus fruits, some yellow fruits, apricot, peach, hint of honey, hay, whiff of vanilla, cookie dough, almonds |
| Вкус | 86 | Oily, creamy, vanilla, fruity, honey, good sweetness, little spices, pepper, herbs, hint of oak wood, peach, ripe banana, hint of toasted bread |
| Финиш | 85 | Medium long, warm, fruity, honey, spices, little herbs, hint of oak wood |
нос 84 · вкус 81 · финиш 82
83,50
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| Нос | 84 | Nose: delicate, vanilla, honey, refreshing, citrus, ripe red apples, peaches. 84.00 |
| Вкус | 83 | Taste: oily, vanilla, fruity, apple, peach, pepper, floral, honey, light wood astringency. 83.50 |
| Финиш | 82 | Finish: short, light fruity, honey, slightly peppery. 82.50 |
Nose: Apple pie Taste: Apple, toffee, honey, vanilla Finish: Toffee, oak, flower
Tasted on 03-27-2020.
Balvenie from Virgin Ex-Bourbon Barrels.
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| Нос | 83 | Caramel and vanilla, citrus and malt. |
| Вкус | 84 | Soft and fruity with candied orange peel and blossom honey. Ginger and spicy oak. |
| Финиш | 84 | Malty-sweet with vanilla and spices. |
нос 85 · вкус 82 · финиш 83
Balvenie American Oak Aged 12 Years 43%. 30ml sample Jan 2022. Dark golden orange. Looks pretty natural. Aroma is a mix of bready spirit and oaky vanilla. Faintly floral which makes it seem a little soapy, chalky. Body is light oil. Taste is bread crusts, becoming bitter and salty, buttered burnt toast, charcoal biscuits, lingering salt. A simple but enjoyable burnt profile. I like it, actually. Not huge on the complexity. Hardly a smidge of anything floral or fruity to write about. Just clean, bready Speyside spirit and very charred cask bringing bitter chocolate and charcoal. And, you know what, sometimes the simple things are better. I’d take this over an elaborate finish in whatchamacall casks. Solid unpretentious Scotch whisky done well. I would certainly finish a bottle if you gave me one. At the £40 asking price and based on this sample, I might even buy myself one. 3.6/86
Vanilla, walnut, biscuits, toffee, some spice and oak, fruit in the background, long finish.
In preparation for a tasting led by me at Angels' Share in May 2022. Based on only one tasting - therefore not rated.
нос 87 · вкус 82 · финиш 83
нос 80 · вкус 79 · финиш 70
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| Нос | 83 | |
| Вкус | 82 | IT: 82 B: 83 |
| Финиш | 83 | |
нос 83 · вкус 84 · финиш 82
Well, it’s sweet, it’s toasty (literally), and it tastes like American oak, and that’s pretty much it. It’s exceedingly middle-of-the-road. Not sure why it’s so much more expensive than the 12-year-old Doublewood, or for that matter, triple the price of Deanston Virgin Oak, which is probably the better whisky of the two.
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| Нос | 85 | Honey, grain cookies, vanilla and apple. Fresh wood and after selling time it becomes tropical with canned peach and orange candy. Very pleasant all! |
| Вкус | 83 | Quite thin. Honey, blond beer, vanilla, maybe some oranges and some wood spices. |
| Финиш | 83 | Short to medium long. Some honey and wood linger. The nose creates nice expectations, but in the mouth it unfortunately becomes a lot weaker. Easy starter for an evening. A bottle that should cost 30/35, no more. It would have definitely been a lot better with 3 percent more alcohol. The 43 percent ensures that this bottle does not produce too much taste in the mouth. Besides, I have to say that I like it. |
Aroma：Moderate；Palate：84/100; Aftertaste：Medium.
нос 83 · вкус 84 · финиш 83
может с пробкой не повезло, но погань затхлая.
Aged in toasted virgin american oak, 12 years old, 43 percent. An instant hit. The fragrance is soft, honey, simple but not to be sneezed at; the taste is great, immediately “more !! more!! engraving in your brain. Toasted bread, waffles, honey, a little bit gritty, The aftertaste is short and effective; you want more immediately. Rarely see a bottle empty so quickly; just always good, approachable, amusing, friendly, pleasant, tasty whisky. On to the liquor store. More!! More!! And now, a few months later, second bottle - I stay with my position. Top stuff.
Ralfy review 841: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeVFXXrARfg (79/100). "To be honest it's not a bottle I would buy again. ... In fact, the wood has swamped the Balvenie signature so much that even when you add water and leave it for hours the Balvenie doesn't quite re-exert itself properly the way it should and you would expected to."
Nose: pineapple chunks, milk and honey soap, olive oil Palate: reminds me of a cream liqueur Finish: clotted cream fudge Tasted blind as part of Wings and Whisky- age statements
Tasting: 11/2022 Solid malt. The more air that gets into the bottle, the better it gets. No 12 DW, or 12 SB. But also entitled to exist. Easy drinking.
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| Нос | 83 | Nice sweet vanilla. Sweet vineyard peach and citrus. Gentle woodiness. Sweet herbal honey. Toffee. Something salty and mineral. Later, a pineapple flashes through. |
| Вкус | 80 | Creamy and oily at the start. Juicy oranges and woodiness (both with slight bitter notes). However, the orange becomes stronger and more intense over time. In addition, light citrus acid. Burnt wholemeal toast. |
| Финиш | 78 | Medium - Long. Great and sweet wood. Lots of vanilla and orange. Herbs. Salt. |
нос 86 · вкус 85 · финиш 84
нос 87 · вкус 85 · финиш 85
нос 82 · вкус 81 · финиш 82
A lot of fruit, wonderful taste. It’s like drinking candy!
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| Нос | 84 | |
| Вкус | 83 | |
| Финиш | 82 | Boring |
vanilla, citrus, stone fruits, honey, quite balanced and drinkable
A double toasted (not charred!) virgin american oak cask whisky. I have no recollection of having experienced a similar whisky before. It is different from ex-Bourbon or virgin oak casks and also from finishes in ex-Bourbon or virgin oak casks. The production process for the barrels is more costly than others.
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| Нос | 84 | Very dominant on the malt and vanilla notes. Butterscotch, lemon, which create an association with a french Tarte au Citron. Spices (ginger) and also a slight dark berry note, perhaps blackberry. |
| Вкус | 86 | Typically sweet oranges and sweet malt followed by intense oak and ginger, ending with honey and vanilla. Oily in the mouth. It delivers nicely for 43% abv. |
| Финиш | 87 | Oranges, which transform to orange peel, vanilla, malt, sweet and intense oak but without ginger. Here, the difference between toasted oak on the one side and first and second fill ex-Bourbon and virgin oak shows. It ends with sweet liquorice. |
Tasted on the Beinwil Whisky Ship 2023 Expand your knowledge of Balvenie's Core Range Part II of III... I still find Balvenie's bottlings really tasty almost all the time. In summary, fruity-sweet and nice roasted aromas from the barrel. The distillery character stands out a little more because the pre-filling and the aromas are missing.
Amber color. Light leaves.
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| Нос | 82 | Malt. Vanilla. Caramel. Citrus fruits. |
| Вкус | 83 | Caramel. Vanilla. Spices. White pepper. Toffee. Slight oiliness. Spices with nutmeg. |
| Финиш | 83 | Caramel. Vanilla. Spices. Nutmeg. White pepper. Medium-long finish. |
Very light and not very intense in the nose.
Nice fruity whisky with a soft aftertaste.
нос 82 · вкус 83 · финиш 82
Rather simplistic but enjoyable malt. Don't think +20 EUR compared to the 12 Doublewood are necessarily justified, but ,hey, it's a nice limited variation of Balvenie.
нос 83 · вкус 86 · финиш 84
нос 84 · вкус 84 · финиш 83
1860) The Balvenie, 12YO, The Stories- The Sweet Toast Of American Oak (Bottled 2019)
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| Нос | 80 | Fresh, sweet aromatic bourbon tones, fresh vanilla, a bit of toffee and caramel, malty, green apple, ripe orange peel, a bit of milk chocolate, some fresh nuts, delicate accents of leather, fresh oak is constantly intertwined with other aromas |
| Вкус | 78 | Fresh, lots of fresh oak flavor with little bitterness, sour green fruits, green apple, malt, a pinch of pepper and spices, ripe orange peel, fresh vanilla, a bit toffee, slightly nutty, a note of milk chocolate |
| Финиш | 77 | Short, a lot of notes of fresh oak with a slight bitterness, sour green fruits, a pinch of spices and pepper |
Well, it's a rather boring bottling, but better than I expected. It's not overly underpowered, but it's not particularly complex either. I would have expected more sweetness from a toasted American oak cask. The hoppy grassy finish is also a bit too long and somewhat unpleasant. Apart from these minor criticisms, it's an ordinary but "decent" whisky, perhaps even too decent. Price-performance ratio: Medium-good, Medium-low, Low Would I buy it again?: No need.
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| Нос | 82 | Lovely vanilla, a hint of quince and yellow pear, maybe a red apple. Plenty of custard on the pie crust. A hint of cumin and plenty of cinnamon. Bakery aromas, whipped cream, powdered sugar. Baked apple and pear. A hint of banana. Vanilla waffle, or even like a gauffre Lillioise. A hint of strawberry. Maybe a little lemon posset. Quite ordinary but decent. |
| Вкус | 81 | Light grassy notes, green apple and green pear. Vanilla bean. Green plum. Sensible cardboard. Bread crust. A hint of orange and light floral notes. A slightly husky side, a bit of bark. Light, balanced bitterness. Maybe a little clove. Medium-low sweetness, if not unexpectedly low. Medium-low body. Smooth but ordinary, again. |
| Финиш | 81 | Here, custard reappears. A greenish tint, somewhat like mainland hops. A little too grassy. Medium intensity. Freshly cut tree branches. A medium-short finish, if not medium length. Obvious vanilla bean. A hint of black pepper. Quite floral; elderflower. More intense than I expected, but quite ordinary. |
Nice fruity whisky with a soft aftertaste.
I can only agree with the words of keizerjos. the liquid content of the bottle disappears rapidly!
An interesting whisky, an unexpected smoky splash in the taste, although there seemed to be nothing in the aroma, and an equally rapid disappearance of smoke in the aftertaste, it was original, on the whole it turned out quite harmoniously and whole, the palette of derivatives is quite wide and rich in semitones.
нос 83 · вкус 82 · финиш 82
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| Нос | 82 | Wonderfully classic Balvenie with lots of mirabelles, coconut blossom sugar, light honey, foam bananas, light minegum and soaked nut cakes. |
| Вкус | 81 | Starts very light with gentle bourbon notes, fine pepper, oak, allspice, tobacco, honey, dried orange, mirabelle plums, greengage, malt and vanilla. |
| Финиш | 81 | Medium length, spicy bourbon notes and cherry. |
нос 87 · вкус 83 · финиш 83
нос 86 · вкус 85 · финиш 83
I suspect I would've liked this Balvenie better without the finish in these deeply toasted virgin oak barrels.
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| Нос | 88 | Sweet peach / orange nose, a slight hint of malt. |
| Вкус | 84 | Pretty sweet, oak, pretty drinkable. |
| Финиш | 84 | Quite a long oak aftertaste. |
A very simple Balvenie and Balvenie gets the 43 percent better. This one costs under 50 euros for a Balvenie, but on the other hand there are plenty of complex whiskys under 50 euros on the market. But sweet wood is there, that's true. In principle, this is a fruity thin whisky with some peat. You hardly get anything from Balvenie here, except maybe a hint of good distillate. I would pay a maximum of 35 euros for such an 84 to 85 point whisky.
нос 85 · вкус 84 · финиш 85
нос 84 · вкус 84 · финиш 83
Quite harsh and bitter initially, getting strong oak influence which takes away distillate character. With water you get better fruit and a touch of spice like cinnamon and cloves.with bread, cereals, coconut and honey. The influence of the charred casks unfortunately do not add much complexity and character as I expected. Quite disappointing as I loved my visit to the distillery and would like to enjoy this brand, but in reality not enjoying the malts.
Fresh oak, vanilla, spices, coconut, yellow fruits, honey, toffee, malt. Medium finish and the 43% abv is integrated well. New American oak driven but complements the fruity Balvenie character and the bourbon barrels.
Virgin oak isn't my favourite and to me this shows why you have to be very careful with it.
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| Нос | 72 | vanilla, fruit, toast, spices |
| Вкус | 74 | vanilla, fruit, toast, spices |
| Финиш | 72 | vanilla, fruit, toast, spices |
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