Kininvie 17 Year Old 1996 Batch #1 Whisky

Kininvie 17 Year Old 1996 Batch #1 WhiskyUp until very recently, Kininvie was hidden away. Sharing a site with its more famous sister distillery Balvenie (they share mashtuns and washbacks but have separate stills), Kininvie has been producing malt whisky for the blends of William Grants without the spotlight of its own product. However. this has all changed the with release of small batch editions. At present, there are two small batch releases, one for the Taiwan and UK markets

Finish:Long

chocolate raisins with sultanas

a hint of oak and a little chocolate

with the whisky mellowed in bourbon oak casks as well as sherry ones

first fill sherry and oak refill) which were used in the maturation

Madiera cake

This is the Octomore 11

Suntory Hakushu Distiller’s Reserve

Featuring a photo of the lovely couple as well as the date of their wedding

perhaps with a touch of floral honey combined

hints of pink grapefruit

a little floral note and a subdued peat smoke