Rare 1st Release. A very special limited release bottle to celebrate the long history of Balvenie Castle, the annual rent of which was fixed at a single red rose in 1460. One of just 426 bottles.

A 1991 vintage of four casks matured in a first fill port pipe has produced a rich and fruity single malt with a distinctive reddish colour.

Balvenie 

William Grant converted the ruins of Balvenie House into Balvenie malt whisky distillery in 1892 in order to meet the global demand for William Grant’s Scottish Speyside malt whisky and blended scotch. Balvenie Distillery is situated near Balvenie Castle and the River Fiddich in Scotland’s Speyside whisky region and is one of the few Scottish distilleries to malt barley on its own malt floors and to dry its malted barley over a peat fire in its own malt kiln. Visitors can enjoy an in-depth Balvenie scotch whisky experience and distillery tour. Balvenie Distillery is also a participant in the popular Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.

Lively, vibrant, sweet and rich with an abundance of fruit; raisins, sultans, apricots and a little citrus. All overlaid with gentle spice and delicate oak notes.