Balblair 10 Year Old Sherry Cask Bottled 1980s Gordon & Macphail

Balblair 1999 - 2nd Release

There have already been two releases of the vintage 1999. They were both composed of the same type of casks (bourbon and sherry), but the first release was for Travel Retail in 1 liter bottles. Strangely enough, that was bottled in 2015, while this second release (in regular 70cl bottles and available at the time for 65 to 70 EUR) was bottled in...

Score 84/100

Balblair 12 Year Old 2006 Hand Bottling

It’s hard to resist the exclusive distillery bottlings where you are actually visiting the distillery. Trust me, been there more than my wallet cares to remember. But this one was filled by my Dutch buddy Marcel and he was so gracious as to send me a sample. This Balblair matured for 12 years. It’s a single cask at cask strength, something you do...

Score 83/100

Balblair 1997

Nose: clean barley with soft vanilla. Really fresh and minty, with quite a lot of fruity notes (apple, orange, lemon, pineapple). Honey. Also spicy notes (cinnamon) from the oak. I quite like the nose. Mouth: sweet attack, again really fruity (pineapple, apricot, grapefruit). Vanilla. Subtle oak. Very light hints of peat. Evolving on spices and...

Score 80/100

Balblair Blablair 1978

This was made when i was a wee boy aged 3 years of age. Exciting to try it eh? so here we go Nose: Spice with cloves,Some berries and Plums. Lovely stuff! Palate: heavier with Coffee, dark chocolate, leather some plums again, and chocolate truffles. yummy stuff. Finish: Long, with Tobacco and dried fruit.

Score 90/100