Archives des #balvenie - Baghera/Blog https://www.bagherawines-blog.com/tag/balvenie/ LEADING EUROPEAN FINE WINE AUCTIONEER • GENEVA Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:03:59 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 Tasting with Marion https://www.bagherawines-blog.com/tasting-with-marion/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:03:59 +0000 https://www.bagherawines-blog.com/?p=8321 My palate and I enjoyed reviewing a selection of the carefully curated wines composing our “wine o’clock” #102. Let's take a closer look together at these exceptional bottles… The catalogue is open for absentee bidding. Best of luck to all !

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on the palate

Lots 177-178
Domaine Dujac
Clos de la Roche 2005
The opening on the palate is supple and silky, gentle and well-balanced. There’s something of tea in this Clos de la Roche, between dried flowers and finely unfolding tannins reminiscent of incense. This is a serious, dignified, and elegant wine — an almost perfect reflection of an already legendary vintage. While it’s ready to be enjoyed now, it can still slumber a little longer in your cellar, to the delight of both yourself and your guests!


L’attaque en bouche est souple et soyeuse, douce et équilibrée. Il y a quelque chose du thé dans ce Clos de la Roche, entre les fleurs séchées et les tannins qui se déploient tout en finesse rappelant l’encens. Nous sommes face à un vin sérieux, digne et élégant, reflet presque parfait d’un millésime déjà légendaire. S’il est prêt à être savouré, il peut encore sommeiller un peu dans votre cave pour votre plus grand plaisir et celui de vos convives !

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Lot 46
Ulysse Collin
Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, Les Pierrières (2016) 
There is no doubt that this is the work of a great winemaker: the attack is clean and precise, marked by yellow fruits and wet stones. On the palate, its salinity evokes sea spray, warm stones, or shellfish... Altogether, it offers a beautiful expression of terroir — a fluid, vibrant, and creamy-textured wine with remarkable length.


Sans nul doute il s’agit là d’un champagne de grand vigneron : L’attaque est franche et ciselée, sur les fruits jaunes et les pierres mouillées. A la dégustation sa salinité évoque les embruns marins, les pierres chaudes ou les coquillages... L’ensemble produit une très belle expression de terroir, un jus bien délié à la texture vibrante et crémeuse d’une longueur remarquable.

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Lots 23-25
Jacques Selosse V.O.
Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut
This V.O. with its beautiful golden colour, offers a lovely aromatic complexity with subtle notes of citrus, spices, and hazelnuts. A vibrant acidity, with a well-controlled oxidative edge, wraps around a fairly dense juice with a rich, energetic texture. Good ageing potential.


Ce V.O. à la superbe robe dorée nous offre belle complexité aromatique aux subtiles notes d’agrumes, d’épices et de noisettes. Une belle acidité à la pointe oxydative bien maîtrisée vient enrober un jus assez dense, d’une texture riche et énergique. Bon potentiel de vieillissement.

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the auction

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]]> Whisky highlights | Wine o’clock https://www.bagherawines-blog.com/whisky-highlights-wine-oclock/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:44:38 +0000 http://bagherablog.go-dev.ovh/?p=754 William Grant & Sons, a spirited family William Grant & Sons is one of the last companies still to be held by […]

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William Grant & Sons, a spirited family

William Grant & Sons is one of the last companies still to be held by the family who founded it (in 1887) and one of the twenty distilleries established in the 19th century still to be operative today.

It probably is the first distillery to have released an official bottling for single malt, in 1963. A total success and the beginning of an amazing breakthrough strongly supported by efficient marketing.

Today, William Grant & Sons count six distilleries including Glenfiddich and the Balvenie of which we are pleased to offer 4 magnificent masterpieces.

Note that the now silent distillery of Ladyburn was part of the company.

Glenfiddich, best dram in the valley

Historically, the first of the Grant Family distilleries, it surely is one of the best known brands of single malt whisky.

Easily recognizable by its triangular bottle that was designed in 1957 to distinguish it from other whisky bottles and with a production capacity of more than 10,000,000 litres it could easily be seen as a simple whisky factory. It will be without acknowledging more than 130 years of savoir-faire!

The Balvenie, pure gold…

Built in 1892 nearby the Glenfiddich distillery by Grant; it produces delectable whiskies quite different from it’s elders.

Since 1973 and its first official bottling, The Balvenie has resolutely guarded its brand and thus, independant bottlings are almost nonexistent. Making each bottle of Balvenie the purest expression of its makers wish.

Ladyburn, a wee bit of a Scottish ghost

Originally added to a complex located in Girvan and destined to produce whisky for the Grant’s blend, this distillery has been active for only nine years (1966-1975) and may have had the shortest duration in Scot distilleries’ history!

Per chance, a few single malt whiskies have been bottled and their known quality, added to their rarity, really make them worth the chase.

William Grant & Sons is one of the last companies still to be held by the family who founded it (in 1887) and one of the twenty distilleries established in the 19th century still to be operative today.

It probably is the first distillery to have released an official bottling for single malt, in 1963. A total success and the beginning of an amazing breakthrough strongly supported by efficient marketing.

Today, William Grant & Sons count six distilleries including Glenfiddich and the Balvenie of which we are pleased to offer 4 magnificent masterpieces.

Note that the now silent distillery of Ladyburn was part of the company.

Contemplate and meditate on how old these venerable beverages are, consider how few bottles have been released and appreciate their rarity. Watch out, it is almost Wine o’clock!

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