Bladnoch 1990 20 Year Old Cask #5338

Bladnoch Murray McDavid 16 Year-Old 1992

Bladnoch is a lowland distillery—the most southerly of them all—independently owned and managed by Raymond Armstrong. The expression reviewed here is an independent bottling for Murray McDavid. The casks were selected by Jim McEwan, Production Director of another independently owned distillery: Bruichladdich. (That’s a lot of independence!) ...

Score 86/100

Bladnoch 10 Year Old Sheep Label

This will be my last review on Connosr, as tomorrow it will become a read-only site. In the lead-up to Passover (I seal my cabinet for the duration of the holiday and it ends on Tuesday, after the change) I made a number of tasting notes so that I could post some of the many reviews that I had wanted to get to for a long time. My relationship...

Score 99/100

Bladnoch 19 Year Old 2021 Release

This 19 year old official release of Bladnoch was put together by Master Distiller Dr Nick Savage, who quit his job at Macallan four years ago to put this Lowland distillery back on the map. The malt matured for almost two decades and did so in PX sherry casks. Oh, this is a nice nose. Apricots, raisins, Christmas cake and farmer's butter. Yes,...

Score 85/100

Bladnoch 20 Year Old 1992 Blackadder Raw Cask

Bladnoch as a bit of a difficult history. This most southern of Scottish distilleries was founded in 1817, expanded in 1878, but then closed in 1938. It was not reopened until 1956, but in 1993 it closed again. Raymond and Colin Armstrong – two Irish brothers, no less – reopened it again 1995, but were not permitted to distill until 2000. The...

Score 86/100