Balblair 2007 SMWS 70.55 The carpenter's special cabinet
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balblair |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2007 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | First-fill Spanish oak Oloroso hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 손안에서 굴리면 짙은 호박빛이 잔 벽을 따라 묵직하게 흐른다. 코앞에서 기울이면 퍼스트필 스페인 오크 올로로소의 건포도와 호두, 흑설탕의 향이 풍성하게 솟는다. 2007년 증류한 발블레어를 입에 머금어 굴리면 57.5도가 진한 셰리 단맛과 다크초콜릿, 향신료를 펼친다. 넘기고 나면 가죽과 마른 과일이 뜨겁게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
there’s much more wood and soft spices than in the 1975 it seems, the whole being really firmer and drier. Hints of wood varnish, newly sawn oak, vanilla, then a little cardamom and curry, ginger, thuja wood… Get’s back to its ‘origins’ in a certain way after a while, with more fruity notes (oranges and bananas) but there’s always quite some oak. Reminds me partly of Glenmorangie’s experiments with plain American oak (Artisan, Astar and so on). Gets very orangey after a few minutes. Ultra-clean despite the obvious oakiness
restaurant Palate
punchier and certainly more assertive than the 1975. Starts quite bourbonny, with a lot of vanilla, coconuts and lactones but gets then crisply fruity, with big notes of tinned pineapples again, blood oranges, bananas flambéed and vanilla fudge. Silky tannic undertones and pleasant grassy notes in the end of the middle (chives, mint)
timer Finish
very long and balanced, with more butter pears just like in the 1975