Blair Athol 1997 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Blair Athol 12 Year Old

From a 3cl sample bottle. Blair Athol is fairly unknown as a single malt as aside from this flora and fauna bottling most of the distillery output goes into Bell's blends. That's not really a glowing endorsement in my book and from my personal experience of Bell's, but actually I really enjoyed this. Nose - Coffee first up, tiramisu, rich toffee,...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 14 Year Old 1998 Asta Morris

Did you know that Blair Ahtol originally was called Aldour Distillery? No? No matter, not many do. But they had a difficult start, to say the least. Founded in 1798, thus being one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries, they changed hands five times before being closed in 1932. Until Arthur Bell stepped in. Since 1998, she is Diageo-owned. But enough...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 23 Year Old 1989 Anam na h-Alba

Let me start up front with the fact that my experience with Blair Athol is limited. I tried the regular 12 Year Old Fauna & Flora at the Laichmoray Hotel in Elgin which I found to be lacking. I tried the 20 Year Old from A.D. Rattray for Belgium, which I found very nice. This one too has a high age and great ABV, so I am hoping my third...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 28 Year Old 1976 Samaroli

This Blair Athol has been sitting in the bottle for more than ten years. I scored the sample a little over a year ago. It was distilled in 1976 when I was just a small boy. This Highlander is no less than 28 years old and matured on a sherry cask. In terms of maturation, this is the oldest Blair Athol I have tried so far. It was bottled by the...

Score 86/100