Blair Athol 11-year-old (D.2011, B.2022) Old Malt Cask / 50%/ 0.7l

Blair Athol Distillery is based in the picturesque Victorian market town of Pitlochry, in the Mid Highlands.

Whisky has been produced since 1798, but it was not until Arthur Bell & Sons, which purchased the defunct plant in 1933 and resumed production 15 years later, that it fully exploited its potential (today it is 2.8 million liters of distillate per year). Currently, both the Bell's and Blair Athol brands belong to Diageo. Blair Athol was never promoted as a single malt, most of the production was consumed by Bell's blends. The whisky presented here, distilled in June 2011, spent over 11 years in a sherry butt cask no. HL 19614. Bottled by Hunter Laing & Co. at 50% abv and without chill filtration in the Old Malt Cask series in August 2022 in an edition of 729 bottles.

Nose: vanilla pudding, milkshake, honey, sponge cake, apricots, blood oranges, a hint of cinnamon and toasted oak.

Palate : caramel, vanilla, toffee, chocolate biscuits, orange-ginger jam, honeydew melon, allspice, a touch of tobacco and oak.

Finish: medium long, with notes of toffee, vanilla, brown sugar, peaches, oranges and oak tannins.