Producer’s Tasting Notes
Nose – Hugely floral, sun dried hay, coconut oil, buttercups and primrose. Vanilla fudge, porridge with golden syrup and a sweet citrus tang. Over time the coconut becomes stronger and dried apricot and sherbet come through more. A definitive American oak style, toasted oak and vanilla caramel hold the fruit from the spirit.
Taste – Like liquid velvet laced with coconut and citrus. Honeyed granola, toasted malt and mellow toasted oak take a hold of your palate. A classic Bruichladdich style, elegant and floral at first before allowing the oak to sweep in with pipe tobacco and fudge. A second sip brings some fruit, ripe pineapple, mango and hint of mint.
Finish – The finish shows a little more of the marine element of the maturation. A sea breeze with wood spice and fudge. The toasted oak goes the distance too and seems to bring along a little mango and aniseed to finish.
Bruichladdich 1988/30 Year Old ‘The Untouchable’ 700ml 46.2%
$1,349.00
Part of the Rare Cask Series, limited to 6000 bottles world-wide
Details
700ml: 46.2%alc
Age: 30 years
Region: Islay
Cask type: Bourbon
Bottler: Bruichladdich Distillery
Distilled: 1988
Bottled: 2018
Bottling Notes
This landmark 1988 vintage has never been re-casked. It has matured over 30 years in Bruichladdich’s warehouses in the same wood it was originally filled into – refill bourbon and, unusually, rare refill squat hogsheads. The subtle influence of these refill oak casks has resulted in a delicate and measured relationship between spirit and wood, quietly cultivated over time.
It was always understood that this small parcel of casks required no interference, no guiding hand; just a watchful eye and palate to see it through. It is definitive, old, Bourbon-aged Bruichladdich – some of the last of its kind, from one of the final vintages left from the old days.
Master Distiller, Adam Hannett comments….
“The 1988 is a stunning example of how well Bruichladdich ages. It is a delicate, fruity spirit with a tremendous floral edge, all underpinned by a subtle oak presence”.
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