Balblair 2006 Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balblair |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Single Cask |
| Vintage | 2006 |
| Bottled Year | 2019 |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | Ex-Bourbon |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.3% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 바닐라 커스터드와 잘 익은 노란 사과의 향이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 2006년에 증류된 발블레어는 엑스 버번 캐스크에서 14년을 보낸 싱글 캐스크 보틀링으로, 하이랜드 코스탈 캐릭터의 깔끔함이 단단하게 깊게 머문다. 팰럿은 코코넛, 허니콤, 화이트 페퍼가 명확하게 드러나고 56.3도의 알코올이 짙게 입을 채운다. 피니시는 가벼운 오크와 바닐라 잔향이 길게 발전한다. 버번 영향이 극단적이지 않게 절제된 사례다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
deep gold
air Nose
a few whiffs of struck matches at first, but those do tend to go away, while leather and marmalade start to play first fiddles. Dried figs too, a little gunpowder remaining, walnut cake, cast iron (old Japanese teapot), rancio, a little saltpetre perhaps, old pile of coal in an old cellar… With water: gets really complex know, with old pu-erh tea, a box of cigars, some old-school orange liqueurs, fig wine, some old malmsey, humidor… and the expected walnut wine. A little tarmac too, that’s close to those struck matches in this context
restaurant Palate
extremely creamy, starting with quite a lot of ginger, old walnuts, white pepper and cocoa, getting then drier by the second, going towards fino rather than oloroso. Or is that amontillado? With water: very good, on mocha, cigars, chocolate, Seville oranges, liquorice, a touch of caraway and clove… Chocolate crunchers will love this one – and perhaps have it with chocolate indeed. I mean, proper chocolate
timer Finish
medium to long, always with this raw chocolate with notes of gunpowder, old orange cordial, high-end Germanic herbal liqueur (the ones they make with hundreds of different plants inside)…