Description
Mothballed in 2009, Bladnoch distillery got a stay of execution when it was purchased by Australian yoghurt tycoon David Prior. The distillery (near Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway) was what you would call "a bit of a fixer upper"; but after extensive renovations, production finally resumed in summer 2017, and three stylishly rebranded expressions were bottled from existing stock. This is a distinctive official Bladnoch bottling for customers who want something richer and rarer than the regular core range. It combines archival-cask appeal, oloroso sherry and Californian red wine cask maturation, and a flavour profile that balances blackcurrant fruit, toffee richness, ginger spice, and Lowland freshness. It is described as combining whiskies from the oldest casks in the Bladnoch archives.