Balvenie Tun 1509 Batch 2 Limited Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Balvenie's Tun 1509 replaces Tun 1401. It's a larger volume vat (8,000 litres) filled with a similarly eclectic mix as its predecessor. Master Distiller, David Stewart (the longest-serving malt master in the business), tapped into his 52 years of experience to select 23 American oak casks and nine European oak sherry casks, marrying them for several months in the same tun used for the first batch of 1509 (bottled in 2014).
Extremely limited stocks.

Other reviews... crushed roast hazelnut in a barley sugar and spiced toffee apple blend; now this is a Balvenie style that I recognise: the barley is huge, both juicy and lush... a far happier and all round better balanced bottling that batch 1. A big whisky, though you won't at first realise it. 50.3% Alc./Vol.
94 points - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2016