Balvenie 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750ml rare this ultra-rare expression commemorates the

this ultra-rare expression commemorates the exact 100th anniversary of the start of Prohibition in 1920—a dark era that shuttered the original distillery founded in 1879

and a lingering finish that resonates with notes of espresso and dark chocolate

Vintage: 2015

This 2015 release was distilled from Buffalo Trace Rye Bourbon Mash Bill #1 (low-rye recipe) and filled in 2005 into a barrel built entirely from French oak - staves air-dried for six months and charred for 55 seconds - then aged for ten years before bottling in May 2015

Balvenie 40 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750ml rare this ultra-rare expression commemorates theThe Balvenie Forty is a 40 year old single malt Scotch whisky bottled at 48. 5% ABV (97 proof), the oldest regularly released expression from The Balvenie distillery in Dufftown, Speyside. To create it, the Malt Master marries small parcels of the distillery's most mature stock, drawn from traditional oak casks and European oak sherry butts that have rested in Balvenie's own warehouses for at least four decades. The Forty appears only in small