Bladnoch 1980 19 Year Old Signatory

Bladnoch 19 Year Old Sheep Label

Bladnoch is one of the 6 remaining Lowland distilleries, and is located the most southerly whisky distillery in Scotland. The 19 yr old is now discontinued and has been replaced by a 20 yr old version. For this review I used a Glencairn and the bottle has been open for several months. Nose - Initially you get a dry spiciness with sweet vanilla and...

Score 88/100

Bladnoch 9 Year Old 2001 Lightly Peated

This is an official release from the period when the Armstrong brothers were in charge. Distilled in 2001, bottled in 2011 – so almost as long in the bottle than on the cask. Raymond and Colin clearly felt the contents was more important than the looks, judging by the packaging. Oh, lest I forget, this Bladnoch is ‘lightly peated’. I am curious....

Score 85/100

Bladnoch 10 Year Old Bourbon Cask

Back when the Armstrong brothers owned this Lowland distillery, I was a big fan. They released mostly single barrel bottlings of 10, 11 and 12 YO whisky, some lightly peated, mostly sherry cask matured, and you never quite know what you would get when you opened the bottle, but it was usually good. This expression is likely the product of the...

Score 80/100

Bladnoch 10 Year Old

This review is of a sample of the highly regarded Bladnoch 10 released in 2019 and now sadly no longer available. The sample was kindly provided by @Timp. Nose Best way I could describe this is it smells of spring! Straw, cut grass. A bready note. Some creaminess and an ever so slight hint of confectionery. Palate Neat - some pepper on the...

Score 88/100