Balblair 2005 Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balblair |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Single Cask |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | 13년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry and Bourbon |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들어 향을 깨우면 셰리와 버번이 어우러진 짙은 황금빛이 잔 안에서 출렁인다. 코를 가져가면 발블레어다운 잘 익은 사과와 건포도, 토피와 바닐라가 함께 올라온다. 한 모금을 머금으면 13년이 다듬은 55.4도의 둥근 질감에 꿀과 오렌지, 옅은 향신료가 매끄럽게 번진다. 삼킨 뒤에는 구운 오크와 말린 과일의 온기가 혀끝에 길게 따라온다.
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