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Distillery : Blair Athol - Highlands
Pedro Ximénez Sherry Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By Elixir Distillers
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
There are two Blair Athol casks at Single Malts of Scotland, they were distilled on the same day and both matured in Pedro Ximénez Sherry Hogshead casks. They were even bottled on the same day, which is why they are called sister casks. This one yielded 270 bottles. I don't think it's cask strength because the alcohol content is quite low, and I know that in this range, the products are labelled ‘optimum strength’, not cask strength.
Let's Taste It :
The nose is both deep and greedy, with notes of shortbread biscuits, blackberry jelly, blueberries and blackcurrants, dried fruit, grapes, bananas, earthy and sticky caramel. The wood is mellow, having macerated in prune liqueur, cake batter with lots of eggs, dark chocolate, coffee grounds, dates. On the palate, it is smoother and more balanced, with wood and warm caramel dominating, more discreet red fruits, black tea, heather, various spices, cinnamon, nutmeg. Long finish but not quite explosive, liquorice, coffee, chewing tobacco, macerated leather, cooked peppers.
In Short,
This is what we expect from a Blair Athol, a distillery that pairs well with sherry. Aged for 18 years, it produces a rich and complex whisky that preserves the vigour of fruit and spices. It perhaps lacks a little power to make it perfect. What is surprising is that it is completely unavailable one month after its release. However, the sister cask is available on several websites at a reasonable price.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Sliding Words - Time is Never Here
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