Balblair 12 year old 46%
Tasting Note
Bourbon & Re-charred American oak
Tasted: Oct 2019
The nose opens with crisp white fruit and gooseberry along with some slightly hard and aggressive oak tannins. Hints of lime. camomile appear but the oak becomes increasingly charred and toffee’d.
The palate is full and barley’d with soft apricot, apples and mineral notes. Again the oak tannins are a bit hard and aggressive but the fruit softens them a bit. Quite citric on the middle with lime and gooseberry. Good length with returning sweet vanillins, clotted cream, citrus and minerals.
At a Glance
Bourbon & Re-charred American oak
Tasted: Oct 2019
The nose opens with crisp white fruit and gooseberry along with some slightly hard and aggressive oak tannins. Hints of lime. camomile appear but the oak becomes increasingly charred and toffee’d.
The palate is full and barley’d with soft apricot, apples and mineral notes. Again the oak tannins are a bit hard and aggressive but the fruit softens them a bit. Quite citric on the middle with lime and gooseberry. Good length with returning sweet vanillins, clotted cream, citrus and minerals.
£53.05
