ABV 46%
Balblair 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky - £46.95
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A cream tea in a bottle.
Christopher Coates
Balblair
Brand
Balblair
Bottler
12 Years Old
Expression
Single Malt
Type
12
Age (Years)
46%
ABV
Highland
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Vanilla essence, icing sugar, and ground barley. Pear drop and Sugar Puffs. Green tea with jasmine and honey.
Palate: Medium. Well-integrated flavours of strawberry and ripe banana, then raspberry jam and clotted cream on a fruit scone. It’s somewhat buttery.
Finish: Medium, on butter and blackberry preserve.
Comment: A cream tea in a bottle.
Score: 7.8
Taster
Nose: Printer ink and woody scented candle. Then banana foam sweets and crystallised pineapple. Blinis, crab apple, sour cream, and a little moss and sappy pine.
Palate: Medium bodied. Sourdough and parsley butter. Toffee apple, caramel-coated popcorn, Victoria plum, lemon-flavoured boiled sweets, black pepper, and a tiny hint of black truffle.
Finish: Medium, with sponge cake, elderflower syrup, and black tea.
Comment: A nicely balanced and nuanced whisky.
Score: 8
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