Vintage Single Malt Whiskies, timed to perfection.

Welcome to the idyllic coast of the Dornoch Firth, the home of Balblair Distillery.

It’s here, since we rolled out our first barrels in 1790, that we’ve been producing award-winning Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky. At Balblair we only ever release our whisky when it’s ready. Every year our Distillery Manager, John MacDonald, selects whiskies that have reached their exact point of 'optimum maturation', the peak of perfection. That’s why we only create Vintages timed to perfection.

Timing

Timing is everything

It’s the aspect of timing, rather than time that sets our collection of whiskies apart from the rest. Just ask our Distillery Manager, John MacDonald.

A measured, precise process. We say process, but there’s nothing mechanical about Balblair. Not our whisky. Nor our methods. John lets our Vintages follow a natural course, and complements this with traditional distilling methods.

Nature

Natural Process and Human Judgement

In these few words, John describes perfectly what we believe at Balblair. We take a complementary approach between age itself and the character of a whisky. Where the natural process and human judgment come together at precisely the right moment.

You see, for the perfect Vintage whisky, timing is everything.

Flavour Wheel

Our flavour wheel feature offers you the unique opportunity to map the flavour characteristics of your favourite Balblair Vintage.

The Distillery

Every cask is sampled, judged and selected by our Distillery Manager, to find its optimum maturation point. The point at which each Vintage says it's ready. Explore our Distillery section and find out more about the unique location where our whisky is crafted.

Collection

Our Vintages are selected at the absolute peak of perfection. Hand-picked, to represent the very best our Distillery has to offer. Thus making each Balblair Vintage a strongly individual whisky which captures the unique essence of a year. Discover the Balblair whisky collection.