Bladnoch 11 Year Old Sheep Label Sherry Matured

Bladnoch 8 Year Old "beltie"

Bladnoch do a beltie (bourbon casks) and a sheep label (sherry casks) and both cask strength and normal strength of their whisky produced since restarting production. We have the 8 year old cask strength beltie in our regions tasting. Some comments. Some of the comments Nose: "oily with linseed and fresh salad notes at first, but with water...

Score 80/100

Bladnoch 10 Year Old

As dark clouds gather above the Bladnoch distillery, just three years from its second centennial, how about a review of the 10yo by Raymond Armstrong? Nose: a briny nose, with farmy notes like hay, malt and yeast in the background. A second layer improves the nose with hints of iodine, peat, a few fruity tones of figs and citrus accompanied by a...

Score 84/100

Bladnoch 19 Year Old Sheep Label

Bladnoch is one of the 6 remaining Lowland distilleries, and is located the most southerly whisky distillery in Scotland. The 19 yr old is now discontinued and has been replaced by a 20 yr old version. For this review I used a Glencairn and the bottle has been open for several months. Nose - Initially you get a dry spiciness with sweet vanilla and...

Score 88/100

Bladnoch 8yr OB 2009 55%

Nose : Subtle, slight youthness. Typical Bladnoch, Sweet spiced honey Palate : Fresh, clean, mint, citrus, nutty Finish : Very Long This is a warming winterdram The distillery character comes thrue very nice and clear, cask influence is matched here. Long long finish, nice dram for cold mornings It's a sniper, the notes comes running in your...

Score 90/100