Blair Athol 1998 AI The Highland Trail
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Blair Athol |
| Bottler | Alba Import (AI) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
1998년 증류액이 버번 호그스헤드에서 17년을 보낸 흔적이 예상 밖의 캐릭터로 드러난다. 그을음과 자갈, 박하를 머금은 건조한 향이 블레어 아톨답지 않게 초록빛으로 뻗어가며 마른 잎과 녹차, 간장의 뉘앙스가 스친다. 46도 아래로 호두와 오렌지 껍질, 흑연 같은 광물감이 짜디짠 소금기와 함께 흐른다. 알바 임포트의 이 보틀은 채소 부용을 닮은 짭짤한 여운을 길게 남긴다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
typical old-style, sooty, gravelly, rather mentholated malt whisky, very dry, getting even ultra-grassy. Which, we agree, doesn’t sound very ‘old Blair Athol’. Cut cactus, fresh bark, leaves, Chinese Gunpowder green tea, touches of soy sauce, parsley, bouillons… It feels quite fat, and indeed bouillony, but remains very dry all along
restaurant Palate
dry and fat indeed, not unlike some thicker manzanilla or something. Bags of walnuts for sure, orange peel, leaves and teas, some plasticine, some kind of graphite oil, and a growing saltiness, totally unexpected. All the 46 degrees are well there, it’s quite heavy and strong
timer Finish
long, even saltier, with a feeling of having quaffed some salty vegetable bouillon