Tom na Gruagaich scored this whisky 80 points 
OK, it doesn't taste bad now, and Bladnoch likes to play big with a rather young, fruity distillery character. The new brand seems to be able to do that too. It is difficult to say what the ratio of old to new is and what proportion was in the sherry barrel, but some notes suggest that young people are preponderant. I don't yet know what to think of whether it is inconsistent or skillful to mix old and young instead of aggressively marketing the young. So he is not meat or fish and in many ways too young and unbalanced. But also not undrinkable and sometimes with nice accents. I am undecided.
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sweet, grassy, youthful, some sherry, liquorice, but tends to be fruity when young, some hairspray.
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tingling and fresh, a bit peppery, tart, fruity notes, green.
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The finish is a bit bitter, the sherry is more noticeable here, but subtle, fruity, tingling and yeasty, a bit herg and also a bit too young New Make notes at the end, but then there is a nutty finish.
