{"product_id":"douglas-laings-provenance-blair-athol-10-year-old-single-cask-70cl","title":"Blair Athol 10 Year Old Douglas Laing's Provenance Single Cask Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eDouglas Laing's Provenance Blair Athol 10 Year Old Single Cask 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 of 287 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single cask Blair Athol 2011, bottled as a 10-year-old in 2022 by Douglas Laing for their Provenance series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCask DL15570 was a refill bourbon barrel of Blair Athol 2011 that yielded 312 bottles at the Provenance series standard bottling strength of 46%, and of course has been bottled without colouring or chill filtration. Great to see more Blair Athol from non-sherry casks, this should be delightful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eAbout Blair Athol...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA member of the ‘nutty-spicy’ camp which defined the old Bell’s distilleries, Blair Athol takes the first part of the descriptor to its boldest expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eCloudy worts and a short fermentation time give the nutty base, but it is distillation which adds real weight to the distillate. A controlled level of solids coming across in the wash still add a rich, deep, malt-loaf character to the new make. It is this character which allows it to show so well in ex-Sherry, although for blending purposes the majority of the make is destined for ex-Bourbon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/media.scotchwhisky.com\/images\/media\/c7d83fbedddbac084456b79ec43e7cac.jpg\" alt=\"Image\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe central Perthshire town of Pitlochry sits on the banks of the River Tay and has had a distillery since 1798, making its plant one of the oldest legal whisky-making sites in Scotland. The original distillery was named Aldour after the burn which supplied it with process water, but changed its name to Blair Athol [after a village seven miles to the north] in 1825. This could conceivably have been to sweeten the Duke of Athol who owned the land\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt became part of the Peter Mackenzie blending house in 1886, but like many distilleries suffered during the economic troubles of the 1930s and fell silent between 1932 and 1949. In the interim period however Mackenzie (and its estate, which also included Dufftown distillery) had been bought by Perth-based blender, Arthur Bell \u0026amp; Sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the 1970s, Bell’s was being built into the UK’s top-selling blended Scotch and, as a result, Blair Athol was doubled in capacity. Guinness (which bought Bell’s in 1985, and after further mergers evolved into Diageo) opened a visitor’s centre in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an attempt to tap into the then infant single malt market, Bell’s bottled it as an eight-year-old in the 1980s, but in the Diageo era it has only appeared as a member of the Flora \u0026amp; Fauna range (at 12 years of age), matured in first-fill ex-Sherry casks. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e46% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis product is not to be purchased by anyone under the age of 18 or drinking age in their country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe reserve the right to ask for your identification should it be necessary to do so.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blair Athol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52786225742162,"sku":"5014218822601","price":47.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/4148714510.jpg?v=1771938291","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/douglas-laings-provenance-blair-athol-10-year-old-single-cask-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}