Balblair 17 Years

Balblair
Balblair
Customer review
4.6 (7)
Taste profile
Sweet Sweet Honey Honey Apple Apple
Variety Single Malt Whisky
Aroma Bitter chocolate and cooked sultanas with facets of polished wood.
Taste Root spices and hints of viscous honey meet campfire notes and toffee apple.
Finish Persistent with accents of orange peel, candied fruit and fine wood smoke flavours.
Region Highlands
Maturation Ex-Bourbon, First Fill Spanish Oak Butts
non-chill filtered
Balblair
Balblair 17 Years
0,7 l · 46 % vol
available immediately
0,7 l · 46 % vol
104,50 €
149,29 €/l
- incl. 19% VAT - excl. Shipping costs

Product description

Product description
This 17-year-old Balblair Single Malt matured in ex-bourbon casks and first-fill oak butts from Spain, which shaped its depth and flavour character. The whisky was bottled without chill-filtering and in its natural colour.
Distributor
Inver House Distillers (ROI) Ltd. Dublin 7 /IE
Designation
Whisky
Country of origin
Scotland
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The Distillery: Balblair

Balblair
Balblair
Balblair
Balblair is one of the most northern distilleries of Scottland. It lies right next to the Dornoch Firth and was established in 1790. The distillery character is best described as 'very fruity and sweet Speyside Malt'. Balblair means fertile valley, but also battlefield. This is traceable to a battle between the Picts and the Vikings many centuries ago. read more
Status
Open
Country, Region
Scotland, Highlands
Founding year
1790
Balblair 15 Years
(152)

Whisky.de Award July 2019

Sweet Fruit
Balblair
0,7 l · 46 % vol
84,90 €
121,29 €/l
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Balblair 12 Years
(50)
Citrus Sweet
Balblair
0,7 l · 46 % vol
46,90 €
67,00 €/l
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Balblair 15 Years
(28)
Sweet Spices
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1 l · 46 % vol
76,90 €
76,90 €/l
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Balblair 18 Years
(19)
Fruit Oak
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0,7 l · 46 % vol
137,50 €
196,43 €/l
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Balblair Single Cask 16 Years 2006/2023
(8)
Sweet Vanilla
Balblair Single Cask
0,7 l · 51,5 % vol
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183,57 €/l
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Balblair PX Quarter Cask - Dràm Mòr Spring Release 14 Years 2011/2025
(2)
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183,57 €/l
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(1)
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84,14 €/l
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Customer reviews

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Flavour reviews

Aroma
Chocolate Choco.
100% (5)
Sweet Sweet
100% (5)
Malt Malt
20% (1)
Oak Oak
20% (1)
Coffee Coffee
20% (1)
Herb Herb
20% (1)
Taste
Sweet Sweet
100% (8)
Fruit Fruit
80% (6)
Honey Honey
80% (6)
Apple Apple
70% (5)
Caramel Caram.
70% (5)
Sherry Sherry
40% (3)
Herb Herb
30% (2)
Berries Berri.
20% (1)
Dried Fruit Dried.
20% (1)
Vanilla Vanil.
20% (1)
Nuts Nuts
20% (1)
Spices Spices
20% (1)
Coffee Coffee
20% (1)
Dark Chocolate Dark.
20% (1)
Leather Leath.
20% (1)
Hazelnut Hazel.
20% (1)
Finish
Oak Oak
100% (1)
Leather Leath.
100% (1)
Herb Herb
100% (1)

Reviews

Bernd
on 24.08.2025
verified
Aroma: Schokolade, Rosinen

Geschmack: Gewürze, Honig, Apfel

Abgang: lang, leichter Rauch

Kommentar:
Herbert
on 18.08.2025
verified
Aroma: Oak Coffee Dark Chocolate Dried Fruit

Geschmack: Dried Fruit Cinnamon Nutmeg Fruit Oak

Abgang: ganz zarter Peat Smoke Sweet Honey Cinnamon

Kommentar: Also der erschlägt einen.
Jetzt mal eine Woche stehen lassen und dann nochmals ergründen.
Ist definitiv ein Whisky der absoluten Spitzenklasse.
Thorsten
on 10.08.2025
verified
Aroma: Oak Honey Vanilla Spices Orange Dark Chocolate Leather Malt

Geschmack: Spices Oak Dried Fruit Leather Herb Dark Chocolate Malt Orange Herbs Vanilla

Abgang: Honey Dark Chocolate Leather Nuts Vanilla Cinnamon

Kommentar: Sehr schön gereifter Single Malt mit tollen Aromen - die grüne Teenote im Aroma finde ich richtig klasse! Geschmacklich ebenfalls top.
Marc
on 06.08.2025
verified
Aroma: Sherry Sweet Herb Oak

Geschmack: Spices Sweet Fruit

Abgang: Citrus Fruit Sweet Oak

Kommentar:
Jan
on 03.05.2025
verified
Aroma: Dark Chocolate Chocolate Honey Caramel Oak Dried Fruit Raisin Orange Spices Malt Nuts Blackberry

Geschmack: Dark Chocolate Honey Malt Oak Blackberry Dried Fruit Orange Cinnamon Spices Caramel Cake Nuts Hazelnut Bonfire Smoke Sherry

Abgang: Nuts Cake Dark Chocolate Orange Oak Cinnamon Spices Clove Herbs Bonfire Smoke

Kommentar:
maltaholic
on 03.05.2025
Die Nase beim Öffnen war so schön, dass ich nicht widerstehen konnte…
Der Sherry sticht hervor, alt und kräftig, mit einer schönen Süße, fast wie Brause. Dazu Vanille. Ganz im Hintergrund dann die Holznoten, ledrig, würzig.

Kräftig ist er. Und sehr aromatisch!
Die Holznoten etwas intensiver, aber doch schön harmonisch mit dem Sherryeinfluss. Die Fassauswahl scheint gelungen, die Reifung perfekt getroffen.
Rote Früchte, Assoziationen wie Macallan, nicht mehr ganz so süß wie noch in der Nase. Er bleibt aber reif und rund, einfach sehr harmonisch.

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