Balblair 10 Year Old 1980's G M Gordon & Macphail

Balblair 12 Year Old Discovery Gordon & Macphail

A few years ago Gordon & Macphail introduced the Discovery series in which they bottle affordable malts at drinking strength. This 12 years old Balblair matured on a bourbon cask. My buddy Pat sent me a sample. Lovely spring fresh nose on apples and pineapple. Green grass and a mild minerality (oh, I do love my alliterations). Citrus and...

Score 80/100

Balblair 1997 (2012 ed)

Nose: What a delight : vanilla, sweet honey, pineapple, banana peel , fruit and ginger candy.you can call it fruit salad madness , and you’d be right. so nice. honey, the aromas just scream out there to you, no need to go looking’ bits of lemon curd here and there. truly lovely stuff! when you let it rest you get a bit of charred wood. Fruit noses...

Score 87/100

Balblair 2000 (bottled 2017)

Sample 5/6 from @Wierdo marks my first taste of any Balblair. It seems that this distillery gets pretty good reviews and is a malt that many 'malt-heads' rate as one of their favourites. Located on the Dornoch Firth up in the north east of Scotland, it sits close to the famed village of Brora and not too far from Wick, of Pulteney fame. I've...

Score 88/100

Balblair 1995 Vintage (Swedish release)

Balblair Distillery was founded in 1790 and is one of the oldest active distilleries in Scotland. They have a number of vintage releases from 1965 and this release is from 1995. Balblair 1995 is a single malt whisky with aromas from ananas, pears, green apples, coconut, fudge and vanilla. There is also some light hints of herbs and citrus. The...

Score 73/100