Wine for sale: Balmenach

Balmenach

Scotland, Speyside. Distillery operational. Owner: Inver House Distillers

When it was incorporated into Inver House Distillers in 1997, Balmenach joined a pool of distilleries composed of Knockdhu (An Cnoc), Speyburn, Pulteney and Balblair. This independent company also owned the blends Catto's, Hankey Bannister, Glen Flagler, Pinwinnie and MacArthur's. Despite the change in owner (previously United Distillers), Balmenach remains to this day a little-known distillery and even more of a niche malt. Its own-name versions are limited to a handful of bottlings, such as a 14 year old bottling in the Flora & Fauna range and a few vintages in the Highland Selection range. Two versions under the name Balmenach-Glenlivet aged 14 years and 19 years respectively were bottled in the mid-80s for the Italian company Sestante.