Blair Athol 2008 SV

Overall rating
86.56/100
votes
37
Whiskybase ID
WB179629
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
Signatory Vintage (SV)
Bottling serie
Cask Strength Collection
Vintage
24.04.2008
Bottled
15.02.2021
Stated Age
12 years old
Casktype
Fresh Sherry Butt Finish
Casknumber
5
Number of bottles
694
Strength
54.4 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Barcode
5021944111831
Added on
23 mar 2021 6:06 pm by Tauti
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Blair Athol 2008 SV
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Blair Athol 2008 SV
Photo by whic

Average value

€ 117.65

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Whisky reviews for Blair Athol 2008 SV

6 users have left 6 reviews for this whisky. Average rating is 86.56 points.

  1. Tangtang_WhiskyYoda scored this whisky 88 points Connoisseur

    great dark fruity sherry profile, lots of dried fruit, chocolate. Wonderful and delicious. Doesn't seem charged. I like.
    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      88 88
    • Finish
      87 87

  2. Ebbe11 scored this whisky 87 points Member Senior

    • Nose
      87 87
    • Taste
      88 88
    • Finish
      85 85

  3. Brunobaer1887 scored this whisky 84 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      87 87
      A fruit compote led by strawberries and cherries pickled in rum. So to speak, rum pot in summer, before dark fruits are added
    • Taste
      82 82
      Spicy but quickly becoming fruity start. The fruits are a bit sour, which unfortunately bothers me a bit.
    • Finish
      82 82
      Medium long, slightly sour. grain

  4. glen efze scored this whisky 85 points Expert Senior

    Signatory Vintage is an independent bottler who buys New Make from other distilleries and stores in their own casks in the warehouses at Edradour Distillery. As a result, you often see bottlings distilled on the same day but bottled on different dates. This is a Blair Athol distilled on April 24, 2008, which was transferred to a Sherry Butt after initial refill hogshead maturation. There are several same day distilled Blair Athols in the Signatory repertoire with similar maturation. They cost upwards of €115 in the 'flower vase' and around €90 in the standard bottle. And all are dark 'sherry soups'. This is a rich, copper-colored sherry whisky, priced at around €115, which is very ambitious for a Blair Athol who is just under 13 years old. At Signatory, fresh sherry butt finish for 26 months is now almost a threat to proper sherry syrup in the cask.

    These notes also apply to the Blair Athol, which was also bottled in the Cask Strength Collection in February 2021 and distilled on the same day (WB195141).

    www.glen-efze.de
    • Nose
      Sherry on the nose with strong berry jam with strawberries and dark, sweet cherries. The dreaded syrup is present, but there are also wood tones that provide tart notes. Light tobacco and spice notes, some cinnamon.

      Overall, the aroma in the nosing is not differentiated. There is fruitiness, there are also orange notes - but all this is a bit over the top, it lacks the elegance that a well-matured Blair Athol can develop.
    • Taste
      Sherry on the nose with strong berry jam with strawberries and dark, sweet cherries. The dreaded syrup is present, but there are also wood tones that provide tart notes. Light tobacco and spice notes, some cinnamon.

      Overall, the aroma in the nosing is not differentiated. There is fruitiness, there are also orange notes - but all this is a bit over the top, it lacks the elegance that a well-matured Blair Athol can develop.
    • Finish
      The woody notes fade away quickly and little sticks after the nougat cream. The wood didn't make a lasting impression either, and the sherry flavors are too superficial to linger on the palate.

      This is a tasty drinking whisky that would be acceptable filled in a regular bottle and priced at €70-80. But he doesn't offer more. This review is for two Decanter bottlings, from 2021, one bottled on February 15th and the other on April 24th. Both are swehjr similar in their basic character.

      Both are tasty whiskys that are easy to drink - but neither are special whiskys. In addition, the final sherry finish gives too little elegance and complexity. It's not as brutal as other Signatory bottlings - but it's also not so delicate and balanced that the price would justify it. The decanter is overdone in both bottlings and does not meet expectations. Pity …

  5. emptycask scored this whisky 86 points Expert Junior

    • Nose
      86 86
    • Taste
      87 87
    • Finish
      86 86

  6. butt scored this whisky 87 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      87 87
    • Finish
      87 87

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