Another excellent and subtle bottling from Balblair with the appearance of pale straw; honey gold. The nose has some ‘green’ aspects (vegetative) with carefully layered citrus, raisins and over ripe fruit. Oak, leather and tobacco in the back ground. With the addition of a little water there isn’t a dramatic change with the vanishing of the citrus to be replaced by a more even distribution of the wood and floral notes. Tea. The taste has some notes of resin and varnish followed by the oak and fruit, warming and biscuity, like Graham Crackers, stewed and then dried pears, , chocolate and toasted malt in the back ground. Cocoa. The finish has later stages of malt and oak, long and smooth, dry at the very end. After a few minutes there is a re emergence of the malt and a very slight bitterness and the green notes initially detected on the nose. Grass.

£40

Score 86 Points

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