Blair Athol 12-year-old (D.2008, B.2021) Douglas Laing's Old Particular / 48.4%/ 0.7l
- Blair Athol Distillery was founded by John Stewart and Robert Robertson in 1798 and until 1825 operated as Aldour Distillery (the name was taken from the Allt Dour burn, Gaelic for ‘burn of the otter’, floating through the grounds).
Product description
The Blair Athol Distillery was built in 1798 by John Stewart and Robert Robertson.
Until 1825, the distillery operated as the Aldour Distillery (named after the nearby Allt Dour stream). Arthur Bell & Sons took over the defunct facility in 1933, but it took a long 16 years before distilling resumed. Blair Athol is a key component of Bell's blends and is in limited supply in single malt. The one shown here, distilled in November 2008, spent over 12 years in a refill hogshead cask DL 15080, and was bottled at 48.4% abv in June 2021 by Douglas Laing & Co. in their popular Old Particular series in an edition of 344 bottles.
Nose : sweet breakfast cereals, vanilla, honey, orange peel, bananas, toasted sesame seeds, almond flakes, white pepper and oak.
Palate: honey cereal, vanilla, milk fudge, candy, apple pie sprinkled with cinnamon, white pepper, a pinch of ginger and oak.
Finish: medium long, with notes of cereal, vanilla, honey, a touch of cinnamon, pepper and oak.