Balblair 1998 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balblair |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2023 |
| Age | 23년 |
| Cask Type | First Fill Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | Highland Region |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Highland Region
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
도르노흐 만을 굽어보는 발블레어는 북부 하이랜드 해안의 맑은 공기 속에서 위스키를 빚는다. 1998년 증류해 퍼스트필 버번 배럴에서 23년 보낸 이 위스키는 맑은 황금빛을 띤다. 코에는 잘 익은 사과와 꿀, 바닐라의 향이 화사하게 피어오른다. 50.5도의 입안은 시트러스와 보리 단맛, 옅은 바다 소금기가 깔끔하게 어우러진다. 해안 증류소다운 산뜻한 미네랄이 과일 풍미를 또렷하게 받치고, 여운에는 꿀과 마른 풀이 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
mead, guava, dried mango and olive oil mixed with honey. Very direct, immediate and highly pleasurable, if somewhat compact in its profile. Continues with a little gorse flower and some subtle waxy notes. With water: really focussed on various honeys, especially of the flower and heather varieties. More mead, waxes and impressions of white balsamic and mint tea
restaurant Palate
excellent arrival, waxes and shoe polish up front, with many such things as old leather, camphor, tinned peaches, dried flowers and crystallised exotic fruits. Also cedar, coconut shavings, unlit cigars and dried tarragon. Definitely showing more complexity on the nose, but still retaining this core mature fruity character. With water: fir sap, spun brown sugar, herbal bitters and wee notes of cough medicines and further impressions of boot polish and waxes
timer Finish
good length, full of dried pollens and crystallised old honeys, plus some aged sweet Riesling for good measure