The Balvenie Fifty Collection First Edition, 1973 50 Year Old
This is the first edition in The Balvenie‘s new, premium Fifty Collection, celebrating 50 year of craftsmanship at The Balvenie Distillery. You can read all of the details about this whisky, as well as the future releases here.
What Makes The Balvenie Fifty Collection First Edition a Collector’s Piece?
The Balvenie has become a serious contender for ‘ultra-pemium’ category leads. The distillery has plenty of entry-level, available bottles. It also has an interesting collection in its Stories Series that features peated stocks, Caroni rum cask finishes, and full European oak maturations – all with fun little twists on them. But when it comes to older stocks, and in this case seriously old stocks, The Balvenie is leading the way in official bottlings.
This whisky, age-wise wise still pales in comparison to their sixty-year-old release – but with this being a series of bottle releases, The Balvenie has a serious opportunity to put themselves at the top of the pile when it comes to classic design, flavor, and enjoyment.
Availability & Exclusivity?
Only 125 bottles will be released of this liquid, exclusively available through Harrod’s in London. As this is the first release in a series of bottlings, we always know that release one tends to be the more sought-after release over time.
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Whether the other releases will be available through Harrod’s hasn’t been declared yet, but if they are and you can craft a good reputation with them then this could be a good opportunity. Fifty-year-old liquids aren’t as difficult to come by as they used to be, but with The Balvenie having such old stocks available for release, it could be a while before you see stocks of this age and quality.
Final Thoughts on The Balvenie 50 Year Old
Older, and more premium single malts aren’t hard to find these days. But The Balvenie has made a point of making them genuinely hard to source and has produced stock that sells out very quickly. Whether it’s from the Stories Range, or with separate new series like this and the bottles that are yet to come. Old Balvenie is still highly lauded and is something that collectors across the world look to have in a collection.
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