The Balvenie The Week of Peat — 19 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky — Peated Speyside Malt, Non-Chill Filtered

• Type: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Peated)
• Expression / Edition: The Week of Peat — 19 Year Old
• Age: 19 Years
• ABV: 48.3%
• Volume: 700ml
• Distillery: The Balvenie, Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland
• Cask Maturation: Matured in first and second-fill ex-bourbon casks and Oloroso ex-sherry casks
• Filtration: Non-Chill Filtered
• Packaging: Presented in its original illustrated branded cardboard tube
• Condition: Sealed and unopened, in original packaging

Founded in 1892 by William Grant, The Balvenie remains one of the few distilleries in Scotland to still grow its own barley and floor malt it by hand — a level of hands-on craft that gives its team direct control over the character of the spirit before it ever touches a cask.

The Week of Peat takes that control in an unusual direction: once a year, Balvenie’s own maltings floor-malt barley using peat smoke, a practice distillery manager Ian Millar championed as a deliberate contrast to the distillery’s typically unpeated house style. This 19 Year Old expression draws on that peated malt, matured across ex-bourbon and Oloroso ex-sherry casks to balance smoke against the distillery’s honeyed, fruit-forward character.

• Nose: Sweet wood smoke and earthy vanilla, opening into soft leather, dark chocolate and honey
• Palate: Full-bodied and creamy, with green herbs, soot and white chocolate alongside sweet vanilla and candied orchard fruit
• Finish: Long and dryish, with lingering soot, oak and pepper, closing on dried apple, honey and milk chocolate

This bottle is sealed and unopened, presented in its original branded packaging exactly as pictured.

RareFind rates this as a highly collectable single malt. The Week of Peat is produced from barley malted for only one week each year, making peated Balvenie itself a rare departure from the distillery’s usual style, and this 19 Year Old is a notably older release than the more commonly seen entries in the series. Non-chill filtered and bottled at cask-forward strength, it offers a genuinely different side of Balvenie for collectors who already own the distillery’s core sherry-cask expressions. This is a distinctive addition for any serious Speyside collection.