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
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
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