New for 2013, this Single Barrel expression from The Balvenie has been aged for 12 years in a first fill Bourbon cask of a single distillation. While each cask is subtly different, The Balvenie Malt Master hand selects only those casks characterized by sweetness and subtle vanilla oak to be bottled as The Balvenie Single Barrel. Each bottling forms a limited edition of no more than 300 hand-numbered bottles drawn from a single cask, making each bottle unique and unrepeatable. The Balvenie Single Barrel 12 Year old is bottled at the higher strength of 47.8% ABV.TASTING NOTES: NOSE Honey notes are overlaid with sweet fruits and subtle spices.TASTE rich and complex with a deep vanilla oakiness.FINISHLingeringly sweet.