Balvenie 2006 A Collection of Curious Casks 17 Year Old

Balvenie was built by William Grant in 1892 and remains part of his family's company to this day. In the early part of its history, its purpose was primarily for the provision of malt for Grant's blends, however following the global success of Glenfiddich, the Balvenie single malt brand was launched in 1973. It remained a rarity though, and it was not until the opening of Kininvie in 1990, and later Ailsa Bay in Girvan, that the distillery was given the freedom to focus on its single malt. Today it is one of the best recognised brands in the world. In 1993 they launched the 12 year old "DoubleWood," an expression credited with pioneering the use of cask-finishing, and this has become a key motif for the distillery's output in recent times.

This Balvenie was distilled in 2006 and matured for 17 years, including a finishing period in single virgin Spanish oak cask #1. It was bottled in 2024 as part of the distillery's A Collection of Curious Casks range, a selection of four experimental single cask bottlings that double as the 10th instalment of the distillery's Stories of The Distillery series.

While two of these expressions were made available for global retail, and one expression for travel retail, this 17 year old was exclusively available at the Balvenie distillery, and at the William Grant & Sons Distillers Library in Singapore.