Balblair 1985 La Maison du Whisky
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balblair |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1985 |
| Bottled Year | 2007 |
| Age | 21년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
이스터 로스 에더턴, 피트의 교구라 불리는 풍토에서 빚어지는 발블레어는 맑고 둥근 하일랜드 몰트다. 1985년 증류해 버번 배럴에서 21년을 보낸 이 라 메종 뒤 위스키 보틀링은 잔에 깊은 황금빛을 띤다. 향에는 잘 익은 사과와 꿀, 바닐라가 우아하게 솟고, 입에서는 55.4도의 힘이 무르익은 과일 단맛과 토피, 옅은 향신료로 번진다. 여운은 꿀과 오크를 길게 남긴다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
close to the 1989, just oakier and grassier, maybe a little wilder and farmier as well. Hay, sawdust (nothing wrong here),... Also more bananas like in some older uber-fruity versions of Balblair. And more vanilla, but that’s the oak I guess. Maybe a little less directly likeable on the nose as the 1989
restaurant Palate
now it’s this one that I like best. Fruitier (hints of mangos, guavas), much stronger, maybe more marked by the wood (gets very peppery) but also sort of franker. ‘Good stuff’ as a friend and connoisseur would say, despite its relative roughness (the whisky’s, not my friend’s)
timer Finish
very long, quite hot in fact, still a bit raw but again, so natural. I hope the industry will always make this kind of whisky. 86 points. Balblair 1985 (55.4%, OB, 2007) I’ve heard this new cask strength version is about to be launched in November