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Colour: Vino verde.
Nose: A very easy and fruity nose. Mostly unripe fruits, fresh picked green sweet apples (Klarapfel, it is called in Germany, early apples being picked right now in the summer...) and plums. Green wine grapes and, yes, again here, the very familiar and well loved typical Bladnoch water melon note. A peaty and smoky note lingers hidden in the back. They call it Lightly Peated and lightly peated it is for sure.
Taste: Full and firm, the alcohol grabs you with some might but there is soft malt and this very easy fruitiness to balance the palate beautifully and make it a well drinkable dram at full strength. With water there is delicate hazelnuts, pineapples and soft caramel. I feel kinda tropical easy living but you better not forget the light peat adding some delicate and smooth spicy notes.
Finish: The peat takes one step in the foreground while fruits and nuts dance samba on your tastebuds for a good while. No bitter or woody aftertaste.
Conc.: A very inspired and well crafted whisky, very lightly peated indeed, let’s see if there is one more heavily peated Bladnoch to follow...
Tasting date: 2009-08-05
Price in Kreuzberg: 52,00 Euro
2009