Balmenach 10 Year Old 2013 Thompson Bros Blended Grain dried dates

dried dates

Some fresher notes push into the nose

and it’s blended with the red and white wines used to make Lillet Rouge and Lillet Blanc

resulting in a fruit-forward distillery character

some cut oak

Balmenach 10 Year Old 2013 Thompson Bros Blended Grain dried datesBalmenach 10 Year Old 2013 Thompson Bros 48. 5% 70cl Balmenach releases arent spotted very often, so its exciting to see this release from celebrated indie bottlers Thompson Bros. It was matured in a sherry hogshead for six years before being transferred to an Oloroso octave for another two years. Finally it was moved to a sherry butt for another two years. Three lots of sherry, maximum flavour!