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Balblair The Whisky Barrel Originals 10 Year Old, Oloroso Hogshead Cask, Cask #TWB1008, 2009, The Whisky Barrel, 59.4%
Balblair

Balblair The Whisky Barrel Originals 10 Year Old, Oloroso Hogshead Cask, Cask #TWB1008, 2009, The Whisky Barrel, 59.4%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 28
Average Score
Avg 84
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Description

Balblair is owned by InverHouse Distillers and boasts one of the oldest histories of any distillery in Scotland. The distillery owes a huge debt to lawyer and energetic businessman Robert "Bertie" Cumming who purchased the distillery in 1948 after years of silence and went on to expand and modernise the distillery. Part of this modernisation includes a contemporary visitor centre running excellent ... This particular expression is a 10-year-old Balblair, distilled in September 2009 and bottled in 2019 by The Whisky Barrel for their Originals series. It matured in a single first-fill Oloroso hogshead.

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Cask type
Oloroso Hogshead
Bottling
Independent Bottling - The Whisky Barrel
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
TWB1008
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
284
Has box
No
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Bottle
Series highlights
The Whisky Barrel Originals
Historical context
N.A
Special release
Exclusive for The Whisky Barrel Originals series
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Sweet sherry, orange peel, cinnamon and honey. Toffee, vanilla, charred marshmallows, orchard fruit (pears, peaches, green apples), pineapple, golden raisins, flamed orange peel, lemongrass, butter, cardamom.
Palate
Warming sweet spices, citrus burst, barley, chilli heat and oak. Medium-thick texture, fairly hot. Tart and herbal (spruce), baked apples, ginger, demerara sugar, earthy oak notes, warm baking spices (plus cumin), French vanilla, oatmeal raisin cookies, cooked plums and browned butter.
Finish
Long, sweet and creamy with pepper and Dundee marmalade. Medium-length, sweet and rich. Thick caramel, vanilla crème, pralines, almond slivers, mixed stonefruit, ginger, raisin challah, apple pie. Quite bitter, with more marmalade and bitter strong tea.
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