Blair Athol 8 Year Old Bottled 1970s 75cl

Blair Athol 21 Year Old 1995 Valinch & Mallet

Blair Athol – one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries, founded in 1798 – is run by Diageo since 1998. The lion’s share of production goes into the Bell’s blend so official releases are few and far between. Luckily, it can often be found with independent bottlers. This is one from the fairly new Italian bottler Valinch & Mallet. The nose is sweet...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 16 Year Old 1997 Hunter Laing Old Malt Cask

Blair Athol, near Pitlochry, is the home base of the famous blend Bell’s. It is only released as single malt in limited quantities by owner Diageo. But independent bottler clearly love it. This is a single cask of 16 years from the stables of the (fairly new) Hunter Laing in their Old Malt Cask series. Wonderfully fruity nose on all kinds of...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 12 Year Old 2009 IN2Spirit

The second release of the new Belgian bottler IN2Spirit is a young Blair Athol from of a refill hogshead, which explains it’s pale tan. Delicious fruity nose on apples and pears, hint of pineapple and the juice of young branches. Barley sugars and apricot pastry on Sunday morning. Another hint of lime and some caramel. Very accessible and very...

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