Ballechin 2003 18 Year Old Exclusive to The Whisky Exchange

  • Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 51.3%

5 (1 Review)

Ballechin 2003 / 18 Year Old / Exclusive to The Whisky Exchange
Ballechin 2003 / 18 Year Old / Exclusive to The Whisky Exchange

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A 2003 Ballechin heavily peated single malt from Edradour distillery, matured in a refill hogshead for 18 years and bottled in September 2021 exclusively for The Whisky Exchange.

Tasting Notes (1)

Flavour Profile

Style

  • Body
  • Richness
  • Smoke
  • Sweetness

Character

  • Leaves Leaves
  • Lemon Lemon
  • Lime Lime
  • Smoke Smoke
  • Dark Chocolate Dark Chocolate
  • Honey Honey
Facts

Facts

  • Bottler Icon

    Bottler

    Distillery Bottling

  • Age Icon

    Age

    18 Year Old

  • Vintage Icon

    Vintage

    2003

  • Bottling Date Icon

    Bottling Date

    September 2021

  • No of Bottles Icon

    No of Bottles

    285

  • Country Icon

    Country

    Scotland

  • Region Icon

    Region

    Highland

  • Cask Number Icon

    Cask Number

    165

  • Colouring Icon

    Colouring

    No

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

  • Billy Abbott, The Whisky Exchange

    • Nose

      Smoky bacon with a squeeze of lemon juice to start. Burning leaf notes build in the glass along with a touch of gravel, freshly uncurled ferns and damp leaves. The leafy notes continue to develop, turning from fresh to smouldering.

    • Palate

      Rich and thick in texture with sweet smoke and dark chocolate followed by chocolate lime sweets, spiced chocolate biscuits and a touch of honey. Burning green leaf notes develop, joined by singed lemon and lime peel with a squeeze of juice.

    • Finish

      A burst of ashy smoke fades to leave baked apples, dark chocolate and sweet honey.

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Customer Reviews

Reviews (1)

Reviews

  • 5

    Anonymous,

    A gorgeous dram IMHO from an exceptional cask. I very much like the blunt Ballechin peat (as opposed to the sharp Islay peat). The smoke is beautifully integrated with the rich fruity Edradour spirit and an active refill bourbon cask. The result is a wonderful dram that is rich and complex, smooth and bright. I find the chocolate, lime, and honey notes salient and beautifully complementary. The tasting notes mention vegetal funkiness, but I don't experience this. The dram seems much cleaner and more elegant than these particular notes imply. Perhaps this is what I'm experiencing as blunt peat, which again is well integrated with everything else. One of my all time favourite peated whiskies.

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