Bladnoch 1980 16 Year Old First Cask

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 9 Year Old 2001 Lightly Peated

This is an official release from the period when the Armstrong brothers were in charge. Distilled in 2001, bottled in 2011 – so almost as long in the bottle than on the cask. Raymond and Colin clearly felt the contents was more important than the looks, judging by the packaging. Oh, lest I forget, this Bladnoch is ‘lightly peated’. I am curious....

Score 85/100

Bladnoch 10 Year Old

The nose is quite nice with strong vanilla and figs intermingled with citrusy orange. The palate offers you sweet honey and pudding and then towards the end a warm aroma of spicy burnt ginger and orange. The finish could have been longer, in my opinion. Critics love this whisky but I dont.

Score 79/100

Bladnoch 9 Year Old 1985 Gordon & Macphail Cask Strength

Now this is a golden oldie. It matured for only 9 years and did it last century. By now it has spent more than 20 years in the bottle, but that will not stop us from trying this Bladnoch 1985 – distilled when I did not even ride my first moped. This also means it was distilled while the owner was (the predecessor of) Diageo. And while 1985 may not...

Score 83/100