Blair Athol 1966 37 Year Old Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

Blair Athol 12 Year Old

First hit on the nose is vanilla - very strong. Underlying that is dried fruit - raisins, sultanas, figs. The fruit and vanilla combines like Christmas cake. A nice cinammon spiciness is evident too. Gentle and mellow. Quite a rich full-bodied mouthfeel too - more so than I'd expect from a 12yo. Again fruit dessert flavours dominate with the...

Score 79/100

Blair Athol 25 Year Old 1986 Adelphi

Blair Athol is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, founded in Pitlochry in 1798 by John Stewart and Robert Robertson, then under the name Aldour Distillery. In 1825 she was rechristened to Blair Athol. A large part of the production still goes into the Bell’s blends, but from time to time an independent bottler can get his hands on an...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 14 Year Old Distillery Only

Blair Athol can be found in Pitlochry, a stone’s throw away from the little Edradour distillery. The production water is taken from the Allt Dour Burn, meaning ‘the burn of the otter’. The first name of the distillery was based on this: Aldour Distillery. Today, Blair Athol produces around 2.8 million litres of spirit per annum, mostly for the...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 12 Year Old

Nose: nutty, peat, smoky bacon, sherry, malt. Palate: Smoke, malt, lemons, dried fruit, cinnamon toast. Finish: Long, smoky and sweet that turn drying. A remarkable surprise. A really nice smoky peated malt. Well balanced, smooth mouth feel, engaging and very Moorish.

Score 85/100