Balblair 1987 Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balblair |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1987 |
| Bottled Year | 2011 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 52.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
I was expecting something rich and complex but it hasn’t got most other old Balblairs’ beautiful fruitiness. Instead, it’s rather closed, curiously pearish, with only a few herbal notes that bring some sort of complexity to the whole (liquorice and aniseed). Maybe water will help. With water: it woke up but it’s pinewood galore!
restaurant Palate
indeed there’s something smoky and resinous that may hint at an ex-Islay cask but I’m not sure that it matches Balblair’s usually superb fruitiness too well. Notes of retsina, honeydew, fir liqueur, grapefruit liqueur and some rather big lemony notes. Actually, it’s quite spectacular (much more so than on the nose) but these resinous notes make it a little shaky in my opinion. With water: nicer but even more resinous and mentholated. Bénédictine and… toothpaste?
timer Finish
rather long, on the same flavours
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