Balvenie Week of Peat 14yo

Balvenie Week of Peat 14yo

Official bottling
Single malt - Speyside
Golden bronze
48.3% ABV
Dram

Nose: Peat, oranges, malted grains, fresh cut grass, rhubarb and custard sweets, cooked rice, hints of acetone. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, thickens, expands, cool. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. Peat, smoke, oranges, fresh cut grass, marmalade, figs, soot, honey, hints of black pepper.
Finish: Medium. Diesel exhaust, soot, honey, black pepper. 

Comments: 

Nice and peaty, but it’s a gentle peat that isn’t quite in your face. It’s also layered well with the fruit (figs, oranges and oddly, rhubarb and custard). There’s some diesel on the finish.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.