In 1827, 18-year-old George Ballantine’s opened a grocery store in Edinburgh, where he also started selling highland whiskeys. After the death of George Ballantine’s I., his son George II. And later his grandson George III. the whiskey business.
This Ballantines is deep in the nose and elegant with hints of wood and vanilla. It is also full and creamy and lush in the body. Very complex, lively on the palate with a honey-like sweetness with hints of oak and peat smoke. The blended scotch has a long, slightly smoky finish. With vanilla and a hint of salt at the end. But overall creamy, harmonious with oak sweetness.