Balblair Distillery
ABV: 42.8%
Age: 40 Years Old
Style: Single Malt
Country: Scotland
Region: Highland
Overall
Score
8.2
Nose
Everything here is pastel-shaded: flowers, Edinburgh rock, apple cake, grass, ginger. Well balanced. Highly oily, suggesting good age almost into varnish, old book shop, dried fruit, beeswax.
Palate
A little disappointing after such an excellent nose. Like many old whiskies it has a fragility to it. Tannins a little high. The fungal depth of old Cognac.
Finish
Long, tannic then fades quickly.
Comment
Highly perfumed. This needs time to open. Worth a look. Good price!
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