Ballechin 7th Release Bordeaux Cask Matured

Ballechin Madeira Matured

I don’t love reviewing samples, but I love getting them. Is there a value sample reviews? Sure. But I think it is only a two-dimensional snap shot of a whisky whereas a bottle review is more like a three-dimensional theatrical performance. Can the picture tell me if I will like the play? Possibly. Maybe more often then not. But, then sometimes you...

Score 89/100

Ballechin 10 Year Old 2007 Signatory for The Nectar

This 10 years old Ballechin was selected by The Nectar from Belgium. It is known that Mario and his team have a very strong connection with Signatory, owner of Edradour distillery. This one matured on a refill sherry butt and has a fantastic color. It is bottled at cask strength. I am very much looking forward to this one. Oh, my! Wonderfully dark...

Score 88/100

Ballechin Burgundy Matured

This was an expensive bottle, so I had high expectations. The initial nose is overwhelming. The whole room smelled of smoked peat. The first taste likewise was overwhelmed by smoke. After a few sips though, it mellowed (or I got used to it) and other flavors came out. It is very drinkable as long as you aren't turned off by the smoke. In the end,...

Score 85/100

Ballechin 10yo

After 8 inaugural batches, Ballechin, the heavily peated highlander born at the small Perthshire based Edradour distillery comes of age. With its first regular release in the summer of 2014, Edradour means business and it wants to carve out a section of the ultra-peated niche market for itself. Description: burnished gold in colour, thick legs in...

Score 84/100