Official Tasting Notes
Nose: Dried fruits, leather and a hint of citrus immediately open on the nose, followed by a fresh sea breeze. Sweet fruit and floral notes come to the fore, with poached pear, delicate rose hip syrup, black cherry, and sweet mango. The complexity of the single malt is apparent as the aromas continue to open, with cedar and mellow oak complemented with butterscotch, praline, honey, and a hint of cinnamon. Warming oats are balanced with fragrant notes of rose and pear drops.
Palate: Dried fruits, dates, raisins, barley sugar, leather and oak open on the palate, followed by butterscotch sweetness, praline and hints of coconut and fresh citrus. Sweet apple and pear are married with toasted oak, warming wood spice, dark plums and marzipan, with layers of depth opening with each sip.
Finish: Oak and dried fruit come to the fore, with Christmas cake notes of sultanas, fig, marzipan, and lingering honey adding to the beautifully rounded finish.
Bruichladdich 24 Year Old Black Art 11.1 700ml 44.2%
$699.00
Details
700ml: 44.2% alc
Age: 24 years
Region: Islay
Bottler: Bruichladdich Distillery
Vintage: 1998
Bottling Date: 2023
Release Date: 1st of November 2023 (UK)
Description
This is the 11th release of the all mystifying ‘Black Art’ series with Head Distiller, Adam Hannett once again displaying a deft touch to create a masterpiece of contradictions and flavour. Aged for 24 years, little is published by the tight-lipped folks at Bruichladdich regarding the recipe of this whisky. We do know that Black Art 11 has been created using pre-renaissance casks from Bruichladdich Distillery (pre-2001) which have been safeguarded and maturing on Islay for 24 years.
The distillery comments.
“Using artisanal techniques passed down from one generation to the next; the spirit is pulled exclusively from Bruichladdich distillery pre-renaissance casks which have been patiently maturing on our island home for almost three decades. The finite single malt is created in secret by our head distiller, Adam Hannett, with the recipe only known to him.”
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