BALBLAIR 17 YEAR OLD
An invitation to travel through each intense, yet perfectly balanced flavour of our 17-year-old single malt. Baking spices and thick honey complement rich layers of stewed fruit, ending with just the slightest wisp of oak smoke.
TASTING NOTES
colour
Autumn leaf
aroma
Dark bitter chocolate and plump sultanas, revealing warm cedar
palate
Baking spices, thick honey, and rich layers of fruit. A farewell of lightly smoked oak. Exclusively available in duty free
finish
Orange zest softened by candied fruit. Finally, a curl of aromatic smoke
First we mature in American oak ex-bourbon casks. Then we deepen in first-fill sherry butts from Spain.
Natural colour
Non-chill filtered
CRAFTED IN SMALL BATCHES
Our intimate distillery has just one mash tun, one wash still and one spirit still. This means Balblair Single Malt Scotch Whisky can only be crafted in small batches.
What some may see as a constraint, we view as a gift.
Working batch-by-batch affords us time to capture the intensity of the early spirit – bringing aromas of pineapple, mango and baking spice. Then, we wait: Balblair’s full-bodied tobacco leaf, dark chocolate and rich nuttiness only arrive towards the end of the cut.
For maturation, each cask is hand-selected by Sarah Burgess, our Master of Whisky Creation. One at a time, naturally.