Blair Athol 8 Year Old Coat of Arms Label Bottled 1970's

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

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 11 Year Old 2009 Old Particular for Belgium

This Blair Athol was bottled in August 2020 by Douglas Laing for a collective of Belgian whisky shops: Dram242, Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis, De Straffe Hoek, Wine4You and Prima Vinum. Despite the fact that it was allowed to sleep on a sherry butt for 11 years, it can still boast an ABV of 62.1%. I’ve been forwarned. Ha! This is nice. Very fresh nose that...

Score 86/100

Blair Athol 25 Year Old A.D. Rattray for Belgium

Jurgen’s Whiskyhuis, a Belgian retailer, recently held an open day, presenting an exclusive world premiere: his own bottling of this 25 Year Old Blair Athol. It is a distillery that does not get bottled as a single malt very often (most of it disappears into blends like Bell’s), a fact that contributes largely to the appeal of this release. It was...

Score 84/100