Ballantine's 10 Years
The Ballantine's blend you can enjoy neat. Aged for at least ten years, with honey, flowers and soft oak, and a long, sweet finish that the Finest doesn't have.
What ten extra years do
Ballantine's 10 Years is a blended Scotch in which every whisky in the blend has matured for at least ten years. Master blender Sandy Hyslop creates it from more than forty malt and grain whiskies from four Scottish regions: the Lowlands, the Highlands, Speyside and Islay. The bottle is bottled in Dumbarton, just like the Finest.
The difference from the Finest comes down to age. The Finest has no age statement and is light and fresh, made for mixing. Thanks to longer maturation, the 10 Years is rounder and sweeter, with more oak and a noticeably longer finish. The alcohol content is the same: 40%. If you want to taste Ballantine's neat, start here.
At a glance
Honey, flowers and sweet oak
Honey & flowers
Sweet honey and a floral note, underpinned by soft oak. More mature and rounder than the Finest.
Sweet and soft
Sweet and soft on the palate, with honey and the sweetness of oak. Smooth enough to drink neat.
Fresh and light
A long, refreshing, sweet finish. This is the biggest difference from the Finest, which has a shorter finish.
Flavor profile of Ballantine's 10 Years neat, at room temperature. A few drops of water bring out the honey notes.
How to taste the 10 Years
This blend is made for drinking neat or on the rocks. Take your time: the finish is the reason to buy it.
Neat in a tasting glass
Pour 30 ml at room temperature into a tulip-shaped tasting glass. Smell it first, then take a small sip and let it rest in your mouth for a moment. Then add a few drops of water and taste the difference.
Tasting glasses →On the rocks
Pour 40 ml over one large ice cube in a heavy tumbler. A large cube melts slowly, chilling the whisky without diluting it too quickly.
Whisky glasses →Luxury highball
40 ml 10 Years with 120 ml cold soda in a tall glass full of ice, with a lemon zest. Its more mature flavor gives this highball more depth than one made with the Finest.
Highball recipe →Classics for a more mature blend
In cocktails where the whisky takes center stage, the extra age pays off.
Old Fashioned
Whisky, sugar, bitters, and orange zest. Smooth Scotch makes it honey-sweet and rounded.
Penicillin
Blended Scotch with lemon, honey, and ginger. The honey notes in the 10 Years are a perfect match.
Godfather
Scotch and amaretto over ice. Two ingredients, sweet and warm.
Hot Toddy
Whisky, hot water, honey, and lemon. A winter classic for cold evenings.The right glass for Ballantine's 10 Years
A tasting glass to capture the aroma, a heavy tumbler for on the rocks and an Old Fashioned, and a tall glass for a highball.
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Questions about Ballantine's 10 Years
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