Bladnoch has unveiled a 30-year-old single malt Scotch whisky, its oldest expression thus far. The brand new providing is aged in oloroso Sherry and moscatel casks.
The Bladnoch 30 delivers floral notes with dried apricots and nutmeg. On the palate, it gives wealthy almond and marzipan flavors together with Seville oranges, with a ‘surprisingly gentle’ and fruity end, and a touch of cracked black pepper.
“It’s an immense privilege to launch this 30-year-old single malt, produced from Bladnoch’s heritage whisky and matured in these beautiful uncommon casks,” mentioned proprietor David Prior. “This continues an thrilling chapter in Bladnoch’s wealthy whisky-making historical past as we proceed to develop our portfolio.”
“Our 30-year-old was designed to showcase the head of our vary with the distinctive mixture of oloroso and Moscatel casks,” mentioned Grasp distiller Dr Nick Savage. “This distinctive cask mixture, rarity and character will encourage our future whisky making for a few years.”
Restricted to simply 950 bottles, the Bladnoch 30 is bottled at 45.5% ABV and is priced at £1,000 ($1,220 USD) per 700ml bottle. It’s at the moment accessible through the model’s official web site and might be offered all over the world by way of its community of distributors within the coming months.
Final 12 months, Bladnoch launched a 19 Yr Outdated Single Malt aged in ex Pedro Ximenez casks.