Balblair 2004 1st Release

The nose nice, clean & crisp; faint hints of lemon and vanilla. Creamy on the palate; malty and sweet; absolutely no alcohol sting. The finish is long and pleasant with a little spice tang on the final 30% of it.

Nose: French madeleines dipped in orange oil, no alcohol at all noticeable, vanilla, potato crackers, prickly IPA beer - interesting really. The palate is also quite nice. There is light oriental dry spices, orange lemonade, bright nuts, it also has nearly no noticeable alcohol to it and is very sweet and juicy. It would be too light in general but the interesting spice mix gives it a flavor punch. Much better than expected. I will see what other Balblairs there are that go a little bid further or maybe even have some peated barley to it.

Very clean and aromatic dram. Great matured and complex.

Silky smooth with blood orange nose and brown sugar. This is perfection for unpeated Scotch. Very creamy mouth feel and vanilla notes with slight citrus finish. Do not pass this up.

Nice drop. Continues my average Balblair rating trend 3.5. Nice but nothing special.