Blair Athol 12 Year Old 2009 (cask 30793) - The Cooper's Choice (The Vintage Malt Whisky Co.) | 700ML

An interesting release from The Cooper's Choice range – this is an independently bottled Blair Athol single malt, which has been finished in a Cadillac wine cask! The whisky was distilled in November 2009, and it was initially aged in American oak casks, before being moved over to the aforementioned sweet French wine casks. Eventually, in 2022, after 12 years of maturation, the whisky was bottled with an outturn of 306 bottles.

Blair Athol 12 Year Old 2009 (cask 30793) - The Cooper's Choice (The Vintage Malt Whisky Co.) | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Apple pie, hazelnuts, slightly drying flinty hints with fragrant barley developing.

Palate: Still very fruit forward, with white grape and honeyed pear, followed by a handful of baking spices.

Finish: Yet more honey notes last on the finish.

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 Bell’s 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 Bell’s 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 Diageo’s central Roseisle maltings. In 1987, a visitor centre was installed and now the well-groomed distillery enjoys in excess of 30,000 visitors annually.

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