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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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November 13, 2019 |
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Little duos, today two indie Blair Athol |
Love Pitlochry and the little walk to lovely Edradour, via the Moulin inn. And those old whiskies we used to find at Robertson’s, and the bigger distillery, Blair Athol… |
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Blair Athol 10 yo (46%, James Eadie, Small Batch, 1,084 bottles, 2019) 
All ex-bourbon barrels and refill hogsheads, so it’s safe to say that no grapes have been harmed during the process. Ha. Colour: white wine. Nose: some pristine, almost crystalline malt whisky, all on bread, dough, muesli, beer and grist. Hints of barley malt extract too, unsurprisingly. In short, some very natural young malt whisky, with no external influences whatsoever. Mouth: superb! Extreme maltiness, drops of stout, chocolate sauce, a touch of marmalade, then butterscotch, Oreo (apologies, I know those suck), cappuccino, even Nescafé… Finish: rather long, on the same notes, plus some sharper touches, around cracked pepper. Comments: cracking indeed. Malt whisky that’s bursting with malt, how awesome! A high score is necessary.
SGP:561 - 88 points. |
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Blair Athol 9 yo 2009/2019 (50.8%, Valinch & Mallet, sherry, cask #19-0901, 638 bottles) 
Colour: gold. Nose: woo-hoo, we’re lucky today. More stout and butterscotch, only with added raisins and a wee meatiness, between ham, mutton and marrow. Some sour notes too after a few seconds, around old Bourgogne, and a curious feeling of mint sauce. This one’s very intriguing, let’s see if water will make it s tad cleaner and easier to categorise (but why would you need to do that?). With water: gets very farmy, almost muddy. Marmite – or Vegemite - and Maggi, a killing pre-Brexit combo. Mouth (neat): it’s a little simpler on the palate, malty and sherried, with some burnt raisins and a little salted caramel sauce. With water: very good, rather on Jaffa cakes this time, but the meaty maltiness has never given up. Finish: long and very malty. Roasted nuts and a touch of glutamate. Comments: a style that’s a notch dirtier than that of the pristine Eadie, but that’s all a matter of personal preferences. Very good nonetheless, as expected.
SGP:461 - 86 points. |
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