This bottling comes from an increasingly rare parcel of supreme Oloroso Sherry casks matured in the warehouses. It is the glorious end of an era and is unlikely to be repeated for some time.
Genuine, quality Oloroso Sherry casks are increasingly rare.
Ironically, Bruichladdich increasingly uses French wine casks. It was 18th & 19th centuary wars with France that spawned the demand for Sherry. Once bottled in the UK, Sherry casks were readily used by the Scotch WHisky industry in the absence of any others. Fresh Oloroso casks will continue to be sourced, but on a very small scale compared to the heady Sherry days of the sixties and before.
This combination of rich Oloroso Sherry influences and a full term maturation in Islay’s Atlantic marine climate has created Bruichladdich’s richest, most shamelessly decadent and full bodied whisky to date - an ideal dram for those important reflective, night-cap moments.
Taste desecriptors
Orange, apricot, fig, marsala, plum, raisin, date, hazelnut, Brazil nut, pecan, dark chocolate
Key features:
Full term maturation for 21 years. Oloroso sherry butts. The same impressive cask pedigree as Blacker Still - but at 21 years
The longest flavour finnish of any Bruichladdich to date
Non chill-filtered for more depth and length of flavour
Uniquely Islay bottled at 46%alc./vol. with Islay’s legendary spring water
70cl Bottle.
46% Vol.
