Balblair 2008 SMWS 70.57 Essence of deliciousness
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Balblair |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 1차 충전 버번 배럴에서 15년을 보낸 발블레어답게 잘 익은 사과와 바닐라, 옅은 꿀 향이 또렷하게 올라온다. 1차 충전 캐스크의 또렷한 영향이 깨끗한 하이랜드 스피릿에 진한 단맛을 더한다. 입에서는 56.8도의 도수 안에서 복숭아와 캐러멜, 가벼운 오크 스파이스가 단단한 구조감으로 발전한다. 캐스크 스트렝스다운 무게감이 과실의 생기를 받쳐준다. 피니시는 바닐라와 보리 단맛이 중간 이상으로 이어진다.
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