Bladnoch 19 Year Old Distillery Label

Bladnoch 21 Year Old 1990 Single Cask Collection

This Bladnoch was distilled in the ear of United Distillers, so before the Irishman Raymond Armstrong came along in 1995 to take over. The Austrian Single Cask Collection bottled this cask in 2011 after a 21 year maturation on a bourbon hoggie. This is only my third Bladnoch and again one at 21 years of age. Go figure. The nose is very clean,...

Score 82/100

Bladnoch 18 Year Old Sheep Label

Nose: Intense lemon pie with whipped cream, lemon zest, a bit of salt, very malty, graham crackers, floral honey. Smells like spring. Taste: Quite floral and creamy, honeyed oak, lemon and lime juice with just enough sweetness to balance out the citrus. Finish: Lemons turn to limes with quite a lot of oak, but it's not unpleasant or...

Score 89/100

Bladnoch 11 Year Old

This review is from a bottle I brought after I'd had a few sips from the sample of Bladnoch 10 kindly provided by @Timp. I decided to do a side by side between the 11 and the 10. The Bladnoch 11 is a 2020 release to replace 2019s 10 year old. Bottle is 2/3 full. Nose (Neat) If the 10 smells of the Spring the 11 is Autumn (fall). A similar nose...

Score 86/100

Bladnoch 12 Year Old Sherry Cask Matured - Sheep Label

This sample came to me by my good friend and Bladnoch nut (or is that Blad-nut?) Hershl Berman. One of the slightly older bottlings (there are sheep on the label, which is kind of cool), this 12 year old was fully matured in a sherry cask. The bottle has been open for about 18 months. The colour is a deep gold. On the nose you get rich sherry...

Score 94/100