Balblair 1975 21 Year Old Signatory

Balblair 1990 2nd Release

Different sources state that there has been a release of Balblair 1990 in 1998, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The last three were all called ‘Second Release’. How can this be? While somebody writes down the explanation, I will try the bottling from 2014. The sherry has clearly put its stamp on this nose. Wonderfully sweet notes of...

Score 88/100

Balblair 2005 - 1st Release

The Highland distillery Balblair stopped bottling with an age statement years ago, but now uses vintages (thus mentioning the year of distillation). This Balblair 2005 was released in December 2015 as the successor to the Balblair 2003. It is fair to assume that this is ten years old. Light nose on wilde flowers, vanilla, white chocolate and green...

Score 82/100

Balblair 1990 2nd Release

This official release of Balblair matured for a quarter of a century. It is the so-called 2nd Release of the vintage 1990 that appeared in 2016. It has been cut to 46% (which I secretly find a bit of a shame). I still have some trouble realizing that 1990 is now more than thirty years ago... This is very fruity on the nose, though. Think peach,...

Score 87/100

Balblair 2002 1st Release

Balblair’s claim to fame was the fact that they did not use age statements but vintages on their bottles. But the range was revamped in March 2019 and now it boasts ages on the labels once more. There is a new 12, 15, 18 and even 25 Year Old, all bottled at 46%. The new 25 will set you back some 600 EUR. Ouch. I will try an oldie from 2002,...

Score 82/100