Hello whisky lovers it's been a while since I haven't updated this blog so I felt bad and decided to be a bit more serious in updating it. So as a treat for you all I'll be sharing some tasting notes for a brand new Bruichladdich single cask that just found its way into Canada!
I've had a few Bruichladdichs and while some in their
core range could be seen as semi-letdowns not a single one was bad or
even mediocre. So today I'm very excited to try something a little
different from this distillery in the form of a single fortified wine
cask aged Bruichladdich distilled in 2006 and bottled in 2018 for a
solid 11 years of good aging.
The other thing interesting about this whisky is the
type of wine used, a fortified wine called rivesaltes. Rivesaltes is a
sweet style of fortified wine from the Rivesaltes AOC in the wine region
of Lanquedoc-Roussillon and is made from a variety of grapes such as
muscat, grenache blanc, grenache noir, grenache gris, malvoisie and
macabeu. It can be a red or white variety but this time it seems to be a
red variety for this single cask.
This rivesaltes barrique aged bottling of Bruichladdich
was selected exclusively for Kensington Wine Market in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada from cask number 3307 in warehouse 12. Its produced with
chalice barley coming from the Dunlossit Estate on Islay, which has
been used previously in an Islay Barley bottling that is also this same
year of vintage. It’s bottle number 250 of 270 total bottles and is
proofed at a hefty 64.3% ABV. So let's see how this whisky performs at
such a young age with such an interesting wine barrel maturation.
Color: Amber
Nose: Molasses, cherries, lemon, white pepper, raisins, some mild sulphur notes, vanilla cream, pastry flour, mandarin oranges, wood tannins, minerality and some earthy notes in the background
Taste: Cherries, raspberries, chocolate croissant, vanilla cream, almond butter, custard, honey, fresh sweet lemons, tobacco leaf, light leather, more earthiness as the flavor develops
Finish: Medium to long with red fruits, minerality, vanilla candy, almond pastries and wood tannins
My god this is a beast of a dram even at 11 years old.
One other person I know who tried this before me said he thinks this one
needs some time with a bit of air, and while I’d agree especially with
the sometimes overpowering earthiness this one is still a really well
composed young whisky. It's got a great dessert palate with some extra
earthy and savory complexity that really makes this one a nice bold
sipper. The nose could be a bit more interesting and the palate isn't
super complex to an extent but those are very small gripes that I can
easily overlook because of how well crafted the whisky is for the age
and how beautifully enjoyable the finish is. Well done to the team at
Kensington Wine Market for bringing this one in, you've made a big fan
out of me!
87 pts
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