Blair Athol 13 Year Old 2008 (cask 303305) – Family Series (The Single Cask) | 700ML

Introduction

Whiskey: Blair Athol 13 Year Old 2008 (cask 303305) – Family Series (The Single Cask) | 700ML

As expected, delicate helpings of oily peat have worked their way into the delicious malt, making for a marvellous marriage of styles.

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 109.4 (54.7%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Blair Athol

Independently-bottled single malt from Blair Athol, distilled in 2008 and matured for 13 years in a single ex-Laphroaig quarter cask! As expected, delicate helpings of oily peat have worked their way into the delicious malt, making for a marvellous marriage of styles. Bottled up in 2022 by The Single Cask, a total of 124 bottles were released for its Family Series.

Blair Athol 13 Year Old 2008 (cask 303305) – Family Series (The Single Cask) | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Zesty notes of waxed lemon and sweet citrus peels, peppery oak, garden herbs, and whispers of peat.

Palate: Juicy grapefruit and biscuity malt lead to a gentle minerality, with rock salt-studded dark chocolate and more oily smoke in the distance.

Finish: Sweet baking spices and stewed fruits, candied oranges, resinous oak, and snuffed candle.

Distillery Information

The picturesque Pitlochry-based distillery lies close to Edradour and is unconnected with the simarly spelt town, Blair Atholl. The water tumbles down the 841m peak, Ben Vrackie and into the 2.5million litres the distillery produces annually. The distillery was founded under the name Aldour in 1778, by Robert Robertson. In 1825, he expanded and renamed the facilities Blair Athol. The distillery has had a long association with Bells Blended Scotch – their roots were entwined as far back as the mid nineteenth century. Blair Athol changed hands several times during the 1800s and eventually closed in 1932. A year later the distillery was acquired by Arthur Bell and Sons and today as much as 95% of the outturn is bourbon-matured and used in Bells blended products. The whisky boasts a swift maturation and the remaining five or so percent of spirit is aged in sherry casks and sold as single malt, mostly by independent bottlers. Following the Guinness Group’s acquisition of Arthur Bell and Sons and the subsequent affiliation with United Distillers, Diageo are now the current owners of Blair Athol. Thus, the malt is now lorried in from Diageos central Roseisle maltings. In 1987, a visitor centre was installed and now the well-groomed distillery enjoys in excess of 30,000 visitors annually.