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| Hello, that is considered one of our (nearly) every day tastings. Santé! |
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July 7, 2022
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A lot Laddie, Half Two
Because it says…
(Image, potted plant at Bruichladdich Distillery, mid-2000s)
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Bruichladdich 9 yo 2010/2020 (64.2%, Suave Dodger, Rivesaltes cask, cask # R18/3240001, 371 bottles) 
One other one which’s met with some fortified wine from Rivesaltes within the South of France. Color: amber. Nostril: I discover it extraordinarily vinous, however some sort of stability appears to have been discovered and we aren’t removed from some good ex-PX malts. Hay, raisins, wooden spices, extra raisins, ham, much more raisins… With water: huge saponification occurring, then now we have some charcoal smoke, extra raisins, oak essence, caraway and juniper… Mouth(neat): very heavy, thick and wealthy, however at sixty- 4 levels, no surprise (with one other nod to The Beatles). With water: some pepper from the oak coming by, along with extra raisins but. End: reasonably lengthy, spicy. Raisins, pepper, cinnamon and juniper berries. Feedback: completely advantageous and positively inside one of many home types there à Bruichladdich.
SGP:561 – 85 factors. |
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Bruichladdich ‘Sherry Basic’ (46%, OB, +/-2012) 
One which I used to be nonetheless having within the stash. It was completed in sherry wooden from Fernando de Castilla. Color: straw with very discreet salmony hues. Nostril: I keep in mind! Peach peel, nectarines, cherries and a tiny contact of contemporary rubber, or say pencil eraser, plus contemporary mint and tarragon. Additionally huge inexperienced muscat berries, nearly the form and measurement of a rugby ball. Nearly. Mouth: might be that every one these ten years in glass did it some good, as I am discovering it higher mingled collectively than as they have been popping out. Peppered strawberries (all the time successful) and as soon as once more a contact of contemporary rubber, plus these raisins once more. Muscat raisins. End: medium, reasonably clear, this time frankly on Szechuan pepper and hops. IPA. Feedback: enjoyable younger drop. I used to have earlier bottlings at +/-82.
SGP:651 – 84 factors. |
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Bruichladdich 19 yo 2001/2020 (53.4%, Valinch & Mallet, The Spirit of Artwork, sherry hogshead, cask #727, 312 bottles)
It is cool to see some distinguished bottlers partly named Valinch do a Bruichladdich. There’s additionally a beautiful portray on the again label. As soon as once more, keep in mind, very early batches after the reopening of the Distillery imply mild peat. Color: full gold. Nostril: a reasonably excellent cakey sherry right here, between millionaire shortbreads, walnut cookies, pecan pies and a contact of steel polish and struck matches. Plus just a little tobacco and leather-based. With water: there’s a little smoke (reasonably pinewood smoke), extra steel polish, outdated cash and toolboxes, plus these peaches and melons that aren’t unseen in B. Mouth (neat): creamy, reasonably thick, with first drops of ginger and pepper liqueurs, gunpowder, then walnuts in all their guises and simply, maybe, a drop of moscatel from Malaga. With water: spicier. As soon as once more just a little rubber too, in any other case triple-sec and marmalade, peppered. End: reasonably lengthy, with related flavours. Some tobacco within the aftertaste, maybe, plus stout and leather-based. Feedback: huge boy Bruichladdich, with a wee however apparent sulphuriness that is typically a part of this model, no matter else may be stated.
SGP:661 – 87 factors. |
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Extra oloroso, would you…
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Bruichladdich 13 yo 2007/2020 (54.5%, Claxton’s for Fadandel, oloroso octave end, cask #956C, 71 bottles)
Helmets and seatbelts on please, this can be a sherry octave. Color: gold. Nostril: the cask imparted reasonably loads of chocolate, whereas reasonably bizarrely, we’re additionally discovering that Atlantic Freshness that was typically to be met… Within the Laddie’s adverts and brochures. Ahem. That melon jam too. Anyway, good, clear, contemporary nostril, was it a refill octave, Octave? With water: extra, err, Atlantic freshness. Did they maintain this wee beastie on location on the Distillery? Mouth (neat): extraordinarily Laddie-esque, that’s to say shock-full of melons, apricots and, say dragon fruit and watermelon. An excellent wee fruit bomb, with simply touches of milk chocolate on the palate. With water: simply extra of all that. Somewhat rhubarb too, plus a tiny salty contact. End: reasonably lengthy, a tad spicier (pepper). Feedback: superb certainly, and positively extra ‘Bruichladdich’ than many different sherried choices the place the reasonably delicate (albeit apparent) Distillery character is commonly masked. Nearly 87.
SGP:651 – 86 factors. |
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Bruichladdich 13 yo 2005/2019 (64.3%, Whisky Dealer, cask #1411) 
There are a number of cask numbers, a number of sister casks. Color: amber. Nostril: Jaffa muffins, extra millionaire shortbread, fudge and toffee, butterscotch, glazed chestnuts, malt extracts, candy ale, marmalade. Good, I imagine we have all the pieces. With water: oysters! The ocean is hanging again, regardless of the heavy sherry, which is superb. Mussels stewed in brown beer, greater manzanilla (En Rama) and liquorice… All that’s excellent. Mouth (neat): very heavy sherry, with a fizzy facet (Campari bitter) and absolutely loads of chestnut honey. And loads of ethanol, fast… With water: as soon as once more a salty contact pops out. Salted black chocolate, that is one other utter sin in my e-book. Additionally black raisins, dried dates, and prunes. End: lengthy, clear, completely rubber-less and sulphur-less, roughly within the model of a number of the finest Glenfarclas. Plus that humorous salty tang within the aftertaste. Feedback: very superior and reasonably flawless.
SGP:562 – 89 factors. |
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Bruichladdich 27 yo 1992/2019 (54.1%, Whisky Mew Japan, Dornoch Fortress Whisky Bar twentieth Anniversary, Japan, barrel, cask #2865) 
Color: straw. Nostril: only a excellent, slim in the perfect sense, very barley-y, appropriately vanilla-ed and reasonably melony Bruichladdich matured in civilised, restrained wooden. Some sunflower oil and dandelions too, meadow honey… That is all class. With water: a Chablis from among the best grands crus – positive, your selection. Mouth (neat): extraordinarily good and partly paying homage to that outdated 1970 that that they had launched proper after having restarted the distillery, simply to ship a message to the world. With water: oranges, melons, peaches, plums, the magic quadrangle. End: medium, comfortable, with as soon as once more a tiny salty contact. A wee winkle is winking at us (whaaat?) Feedback: nice, we caught a 90.
SGP:651 – 90 factors. |
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Bruichladdich Artists 25 yo 1990/2019 (55%, LMDW, refill sherry butt, cask #167, 483 bottles)
Truly 28 however as ordinary, they rounded it down. What we name doing ‘coquetteries’ in French. Color: full gold. Nostril: proper on an apricot pie from this morning and with good barleyness, mirabelles, acacia honey and a few barely earthy earl gray, plus whiffs of bananas flambéed. All test. This child’s stated to be ‘peaty’ however simply between us, I am not discovering any peat this far. Could possibly be me, having stated that, or some mismatch someplace. With water: extra within the model of the 1990, with yellow flowers, extra acacia honey, ripe mirabelles, and even mirabelle eau-de-vie. Mouth (neat): agency, tightened, reasonably on much more mirabelles, peaches, and with surprising notes of cognac. Can’t be unhealthy. With water: wee touches of oak popping out, chamomile tea, concepts of sandalwood, echoes of incense… I might advocate a really reasonable use of your most well-liked pipette right here. End: medium, much more floral, with peel and extra natural teas. Feedback: it is not unimaginable that water should not even be added in any respect. Nice, nice drop when bare.
SGP:551 – 88 factors. |
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Bruichladdich 20 yo 2001/2021 (53.1%, Sansibar and Deinwhisky, sherry hogshead, 318 bottles)
Appears to be like like they’re calling this sequence ‘The White Label’. I say brainwave. Color: mild amber. Nostril: prunes, raisins, macchiato, fruitcake, banana cake, cured ham, clove and Demerara rum, whereas all that will not be as heady because it sounds. With water: excellent, on a contemporary field of cigars and a few white heather honey (one of many kings of honeys). Mouth (neat): one other superb sherried Bruichladdich, this time with extra spicy smoke than in most others, leather-based and tobacco, a drop of concentrated Coca-Cola (with apologies to the world), then salmiak and simply bitters, horseradish, wasabi… With water: and voilà, candy bouillons and marrow quenelles. I am additionally reminded of some Bavarian Knödels that our associates would serve with venison, however the names escape me. End: lengthy, expectedly drier, extra on ristretto and bitter chocolate. Basic signature. Feedback: textbook sherry.
SGP:562 – 90 factors. |
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(Thanks Lukas, Philip, Tim)
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