Mackillop’s Choice Balblair 1997 (20 year old) 55.2%
Bourbon Cask 124/ Dist: maj1997 Btl: Sept 2017/ Tasted: Nov 2017
A lovely, mature nose of oxidised baked fruit along with hints of lime, barley, manuka honey and aromatic American oak. The oak becomes quite buttery with time and the barley becomes wonderfully fragrant.
The palate opens with fresher barley and citrus before the mature, baked fruit arrives. Buttery and toffee’d oak follows and the mid palate is incredibly granity with building lime and lemon notes, which adroitly balances the oak. Mouth-watering citrus finish with a touch of coffee, anise, sweet barley,...
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