Bladnoch Peated Oloroso Single Hogshead #2507
This is Godzilla-spec Bladnoch. Huge Sherry oak and a wallop of smoke combine for a monster of a single cask, exclusively for Club Members. Only 164 bottles exist.
United KingdomColour Polished mahogany
Nose Strawberry jam on toast, brown sugar, burnt fudge with baked pear and smouldering campfire.
Palate Sticky toffee apple, ripe berries, butterscotch brittle and smoked chocolate alongside rich espresso.
Overview
Members have been begging for this for a long time: Bladnoch is back, at full straight from the cask specs.
So if you like turbo Sherry casks, bold spirit, and a toffee-dripped punch of rich peat smoke, this is the dram for you.
Every single cask is different, and thanks to a small leak, this single Oloroso Sherry hogshead lost dozens of litres of whisky over its maturation. That means the liquid that was left received much more contact with the oak and evaporative influence, ramping up the Sherry cask intensity to monstrous levels.
Bottled at 55.4% ABV cask strength, non-chill filtered and with deep, dark all-natural colour, Bladnoch’s rare peated spirit plays perfectly with the cask: jammy toast and toffee apple layer with fresh ripe berries, spiced butterscotch brittle and smouldering smoked chocolate.
The leaky cask means only 164 bottles of this 2018 vintage bruiser exist, and they’re exclusively for Members.
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THE SPECS
Price: $195.00
Age: 2018 Vintage
ABV: 55.4%
Maturation: Single Oloroso Sherry hogshead
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Bladnoch's History
For Bladnoch we’re headed deep into the south of the Scottish Lowland – a Scotch whisky region we don’t often visit – and a distillery that sits even further south than the Isle of Arran and Campbeltown.
Distillery Facts
Region: Lowland
Origin: Bladnoch Distillery, Galloway, Scotland DG8 9AB
Founded: 1817
Water Source: Bladnoch River
Washbacks: 6, Douglass fir
Stills: 2 wash and 2 spirit
Capacity: 1,500,000 litres per annum