Bladnoch Distiller's Choice Lowland Malt

This bottling is a vatting of several casks specially selected by the Armstrong family at Scotland's most southerly distillery.

Non Chill filtered and No added colouring.

Colour: Gold.

Nose: Traces of peat smoke and various herbs. Leathery and smoky. Very nice whiffs of marzipan and walnuts, a little metal polish and fresh fruits.

Mouth: Excellent attack, complex, fresh, fruity and rather phenolic. Very good body at 40% and after almost 40 years in a bottle. A little liquorice, marzipan, green apples, more marzipan, almond oil, crystallised lemon zests and even more marzipan. Just excellent.

Finish: Medium long, a little more on green apples and something just a little resinous. Comments: Utterly drinkable. That may be the problem… Funny how these faint resinous notes in the finish remind me of some ripe old Ardbegs.