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Bladnoch Scotch Whisky tasting notes

The Whisky Tasting Indexes - Bladnoch

 

Bladnoch - Scotch Malt Whisky - Region: Lowlands
WF Distillery Ranking: Cinquième Cru Classé (all current rankings here)


Status: Active - Stills: 2 (1 wash, 1 spirit) - Founded: 1825
Address: Bladnoch, Wigtown, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire DG8 - Phone: +44 (0)1988 402235
Web: www.bladnoch.co.uk - More info: Malt Madness  


One of my favourite expressions so far:
Bladnoch 26yo 1958/1985 (46%, Cadenhead's Dumpy, Black Label, 75 cl)
92 points - Last tasted on May 21, 2007 - Tasting notes here.
Bladnoch

General Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Lemon Grapefruit Pepper Orange Tea Green Yoghurt Yeasty Porridge Grassy


MM Distillery profile:
The Bladnoch distillery was built on the banks of the river Bladnoch in 1817 by Thomas McClelland and remainded in the hands of the McClelland / McLelland family until it was closed in 1938. The family (who was also responsible for rebuilding the distillery in 1871) owned Bladnoch for over a century...... More on Malt Madness.

Check all the 'winners' (90 points or more) on this wee list (PDF)
Whiskyfun tasting notes
OB - no vintage
  • Bladnoch NAS (70°proof, OB, Co.Import Torino, early 1970s) - 091209 110920
  • Bladnoch 'Kirkcowan' (40%, OB, American oak, 2023) - 150424
  • Bladnoch 'Alinta' (47%, OB, Classic Collection, 2022) - 140622
  • Bladnoch 'Liora' (52,2% , OB, 2022) - 160123
  • Bladnoch ‘Samsara’ (46.7%, OB, 2017) - 150817
  • Bladnoch 'Vinaya' (46.7%, OB, +/-2020) - 160921
  • Bladnoch 6 yo (56.4%, OB, sherry matured, 20cl) - 030508
  • Bladnoch 8 yo (40%, OB, 1980’s) - 211005
  • Bladnoch 10 yo (43%, Flora & Fauna, circa 2000) - 211005
  • Bladnoch 10 yo (46.7%, OB, +/-2018) - 190319
  • Bladnoch 11 yo 'Christmas 2012' (55%, OB) - 230813
  • Bladnoch 11 yo (46%, OB, +/-2013) - 170314
  • Bladnoch 11 yo 'First Release' (46.7%, OB, bourbon and red wine, +/-2019) - 160921
  • Bladnoch 11 yo '2020 Release' (46.7%, OB, bourbon) - 160921
  • Bladnoch 13 yo (40%, OB, 2005) - 211005
  • Bladnoch 13 yo (55%, OB, 2005) - 150408
  • Bladnoch 14 yo 'Oloroso Sherry Cask Matured' (46,7%, OB, 2021) - 140622
  • Bladnoch 15 yo (40%, OB, distillery label, circa 2006) - 080407
  • Bladnoch 15 yo (55%, OB, sherry butt #2617) - 030508
  • Bladnoch 15 yo ‘Adela’ (46.7, OB, 2017) - 150817
  • Bladnoch 17 yo ‘Californian Red Wine Finish’ (46.7%, OB, +/-2018) - 110920
OB - vintage
  • Bladnoch 22 yo 1990/2013 (51.7%, OB, cask #5070) - 230813
  • Bladnoch 22 yo 1990/2013 (49.5%, OB, cask #5762) - 260916
  • Bladnoch 7 yo 2001/2009 (57.8%, OB, lightly peated, cask #333) - 311010
  • Bladnoch 7 yo 2001/2009 (57.0%, OB, lightly peated, cask #341, 245 bottles) - 311010
Berry Bros & Rudd
  • Bladnoch 1992/2011 (46%, Berry Bros & Rudd, cask #2159) - 060812
Blackadder - Clydesdale - Riverstown - Aberdeen
  • Bladnoch 21 yo 1991/2012 (54.9%, Riverstown, hogshead, cask ref #2012-123, 296 bottles) - 260916
  • Bladnoch 25 yo 1991/2017 (54.3%, Blackadder, Raw Cask, Statement No.29, hogshead, cask #8274, 172 bottles) - 110920
Cadenhead
  • Bladnoch 23 yo (46%, Cadenhead, dumpy, handwritten label, +/-1990) - 260916
  • Bladnoch 26 yo 1958/1985 (46%, Cadenhead) - 210507
  • Bladnoch 32 yo 1958/1990 (44.5%, Duthies) - 191119
  • Bladnoch 13 yo 1964/1977 (80°proof, Cadenhead’s dumpy) - 150408 - by Angus - 221218
  • Bladnoch 14 yo 1989/2003 (53.6%, Cadenhead’s) - 150504
  • Bladnoch 30 yo 1989/2019 (40.8%, Cadenhead, Sherry Cask, sherry hogshead, 144 bottles) - 161019
  • Bladnoch 23 yo 1990/2013 (48.5%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 282 bottles) - 230813
  • Bladnoch 25 yo 1990/2016 (50.7%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon, 264 bottles) - 260916
  • Bladnoch 26 yo 1990/2017 (49%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 246 bottles) - 150817
  • Bladnoch 17 yo 1992/2009 (55.1%, Cadenhead, bourbon hogshead, 277 bottles) - 091209
  • Bladnoch 26 yo 1992/2018 (49.3%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon hogshead, 246 bottles) - 220119
Chieftain's - McLeod
  • Bladnoch 16 yo 1992/2009 (48%, Chieftain's, cask #4258, 324 bottles) - 091209
Decadent Drinks - WhiskySponge
  • Bladnoch 33 yo 1990/2023 (55.4%, WhiskySponge, Decadent Drinks, refill bourbon barrel, Special Edition, 50 bottles) - 290923
  • Bladnoch 34 yo 1990/2024 (55.1%, Whisky Sponge, refill barrel, 194 bottles) - 150424
Douglas Laing
  • Bladnoch 22 yo 1977/2000 (50%, Douglas Laing OMC, 286 bottles) - 150408
  • Bladnoch 12 yo 1991/2003 (46%, DL McGibbons Provenance, Autumn/Winter) - 080105
Dun Eideann
  • Bladnoch 16 yo 1980/1997 (43%, Dun Eideann, cask #89/531/34) - 090506
Duncan Taylor
  • Bladnoch 23 yo 1990/2013 (54%, Duncan Taylor, Dimensions, cask #3484, 116 bottles) - 260916
Exclusive Malts
  • Bladnoch 22 yo 1992 (53.3%, Exclusive Malts, cask #4270, 295 bottles, +/-2015) - 260916
Gordon & MacPhail
  • Bladnoch 15 yo 1967 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseur's Choice, old brown label) - 311010
  • Bladnoch 13 yo 1975 (55.0%, G&M for Intertrade, 218 bottles) - 210507
  • Bladnoch 1975/1991 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseur's Choice) - 110211
  • Bladnoch 1985/1996 (56.8%, Gordon & MacPhail, Cask Series, casks #318, 352, 870, 871) - 100912
  • Bladnoch 1987/1999 (40%, G&M Connoisseurs Choice) - no notes - 74
  • Bladnoch 12 yo 1988/2000 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice) - 050819
  • Bladnoch 1988/2000 (58.8%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Cask’, casks #3151 – 3158) - 150408
  • Bladnoch 1988/2001 (40%, G&M Connoisseurs Choice) - no notes - 82
  • Bladnoch 1988/2002 (58,8%, G&M CS) - no notes - 80
  • Bladnoch 1989/2004 (40%, G&M Connoisseur’s Choice) - 250904
Jack Wieber Whisky World
  • Bladnoch 16 yo 1990 (50.1%, JWWW Auld Distillers Collection, 120 bottles) - 210507
James MacArthur
  • Bladnoch 1992/2002 (58.8%, James McArthur) - no notes - 87
  • Bladnoch 1992/2004 (56.1%, James MacArthur, cask #744) - 091209
Kingsbury
  • Bladnoch 18 yo 1980/1998 (46%, Kingsbury, cask #3429) - 081105
Malts of Scotland
  • Bladnoch 21 yo 1990/2012 (54,4%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon barrel, Cask #MoS 12019, 115 bottles) - 060812
  • Bladnoch 1992/2013 (51.9%, Malts of Scotland, sherry hogshead, cask #MoS13038, 156 bottles) - 150817
Master of Malt - Boutique-y Whisky Company - Atom
  • Bladnoch 27 yo (56.7%, Master of Malt, Darkness!, cask #30337, 100 bottles, 2017) - 160123
The Nectar
  • Bladnoch 22 yo 1992/2014 (51.6%, The Nectar of The Daily Dram) - 191119
Scotch Single Malt Circle
  • Bladnoch 1987/1999 (58.8%, Scotch Single Malt Circle) - no notes - 87
Scott's Selection
  • Bladnoch 1987/2000 (59.3%, Scott’s Selection) - 300805
  • Bladnoch 1993/2006 (58.7%, Scott's Selection) - 210507
Signatory
  • Bladnoch 23 yo 1966/1989 (43%, Signatory, cask #2674-76, 900 bottles) - 070512
  • Bladnoch 16 yo 1980/1997 (43%, Signatory, cask #89/59/20) - 080407
  • Bladnoch 11 yo 1988/2000 (43%, Signatory, Full bourbon, cask #42003) - no notes - 78
  • Bladnoch 14 yo 1990/2004 (43%, Signatory) - 081105
  • Bladnoch 14 yo 1990/2004 (51.7%, Signatory Straight from the Cask, cask #962, 248 bottles) - 300805
  • Bladnoch 25 yo 1993/2018 (54.4%, Signatory Vintage, 30th Anniversary, hogshead, cask #777, 239 bottles) - 261018
Silver Seal
  • Bladnoch 21 yo 1990/2011 (58.7%, Silver Seal, Sestante Collection) - 271211
SMWS
  • Bladnoch 1973/1989 (55.6%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #50.1) - 190319
  • Bladnoch 25 yo 1990 (60.4%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #50.85, ‘Conversations with my son’, refill barrel, 144 bottles) - by Angus - 070718
  • Bladnoch 31 yo 1990/2021 (53%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults Collection, 2nd fill bourbon barrel, #50.118, 'Mountaintop Experience', 143 bottles) - 290923
Wemyss Malts
  • Bladnoch 1990/2016 ‘Apple Syllabub’ (46%, Wemyss Malts, hogshead, 196 bottles) - 150317
  • Bladnoch 28 yo 1990/2019 ‘Exotic Fruit Granola’ (56.9%, Wemyss Malts for HNWS Taiwan, bourbon barrel, 100 bottles) - 110920
The Whisky Fair - The Whisky Agency - Perfect Dram - Liquid Sun
  • Bladnoch 25 yo 1990/2015 (52.2%, The Whisky Agency and Acla Selection, barrel) - 260916
  • Bladnoch 1990/2016 (47.2%, Sansibar and S Spirits Shop, sherry) - 150317
  • Bladnoch 22 yo 1990/2012 (50.3%, Liquid Treasures, bourbon hogshead) - 190613
Various IB
  • Bladnoch 21 yo 1965 (46%, Moncreiffe for Meregalli) - 090506
  • Bladnoch 1987/2003 (43%, Private Cellar) - 110211
  • Bladnoch 16 yo 1988/2004 (56.4%, MacMalt, sherry, 60 bottles) - 090506
  • Bladnoch 18 yo 1988/2007 (53.5%, Bladnoch Forum, Cognac finish, cask #2643, 234 bottles) - 060812
  • Bladnoch 21 yo 1990/2011 (51.9%, Single Cask Collection, bourbon hogshead, cask #134, 288 bottles) - 110211
  • Bladnoch 26 yo 1990/2016 (48.5%, Archives, barrel, cask # 30336) - 150817
  • Bladnoch 1990/2017 (49.4%, Antique Lions of Spirits, bourbon, 276 bottles) - 261018
  • Bladnoch 28 yo 1990/2018 (51.2%, North Star Spirits, refill bourbon barrel) - 220119
  • Bladnoch 21 yo 1991/2012 (52.9%, The Whiskyman and The Bonding Dram, 118 bottles) - 100912
  • Bladnoch 22 yo 1991/2013 (47.8%, Pure Spirit, bourbon) - 230813
 
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