The DoubleWood 17 year old is an elder sibling to DoubleWood 12 year old and shares its honeyed, spicy characteristics, but it is distinctly different, with deeper vanilla notes, hints of green apple, creamy toffee and a striking richness and complexity. It sees the whisky matured first in American oak barrels, which impart soft sweet vanilla notes, before being transferred to European oak sherry casks, where the second cask ageing adds rich spicy flavours and a depth and fullness of flavour.
The Speyside single malt will be discontinued, so those that love it should stock up now. Announced during this year's virtual Spirit of Speyside, The Balvenie team explained that the Doublewood 17 Year Old would be discounted, but urged fans to keep an eye out for what would replace it.