Exclusively Vintage
Each Balblair Vintage captures the essence of its year in a bottle. They're only ever selected at the absolute peak of perfection. Handpicked, to represent the very best our Distillery has to offer.
You'll notice our bottles are not marked with an age statement, but simply with the Year That the whiskey was laid down. From then, every cask is sampled, Judged and selected by John MacDonald to find its optimum maturation point. The point at each Vintage All which says it's ready.
Our Whisky
Every distillery is different. From its location and water source, to its still shape and wood policy. These are all Determining factors in its ultimate outcome - its taste.
Our Vintages are intriguingly complex and satisfying. We capture the intense esters at the start of the spirit cut to give our Vintages the core characteristics of apricots, oranges, spices, floral notes and green apples. The heavier oils and lipids at the end of the cut are usefull captured, giving leathery, nutty and full-bodied characteristics.
Our People
Every Balblair Vintage is strongly individual. Each a unique essence of a year, captured in a bottle.
Every year, our Distillery Manager John MacDonald, tastes, judges and selects straight from the cask. And at exactly the right moment, when the balance between the age and the character of the whiskey is just right, we bottle it.