Bladnoch 1990 Berry Bros & Rudd

Bladnoch 21 Year Old 1990 Malts of Scotland

The well-known German bottler Malts of Scotland has just released a whole new series of bottlings, in a completely new outfit (with a tube instead of a box). It is their so-called spring release, containing 9 bottles. We will be trying a couple of those in the next few days. We start off with a Bladnoch, a first both for MoS as for myself....

Score 86/100

Bladnoch New Make Spirit

I think it is now common knowledge, but I’ll say it again: I have a weakness for new make. So... when Joren passed by and offered a sample of Bladnoch, I was very pleasantly surprised, because I hadn't tasted it yet! The new make smells very clean. And surprisingly soft. Slightly creamy, even. The panoply of flat-boiled vegetables is less...

Score 80/100

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 22 Year Old 1990 Liquid Treasures

Liquid Treasures is a young German bottler that has about 30 casks on their resumé so far. From the Lowlands they already bottled a Littlemill 1988 and this Bladnoch 1990. The nose is very aromatic on yellow apples, grapefruit, breakfast cereals, vanilla and crystal sugar. It is sweeter than most Bladnoch, I think. The breakfast cereals evolve...

Score 84/100