Bruichladdich 1970 125 Anniversary of Bruichladdich Distillery
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bruichladdich |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | 125 Anniversary of Bruichladdich Distillery |
| Vintage | 1970 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 35년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Casks + Pinot Gris Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 2502 |
| ABV | 40.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale straw with faint salmony hues
air Nose
superb peat here again, straighter than in the two 1984’s. More on smoke, pencil lead, lamp petrol… We do have a little praline and chocolate, that is. Closer to Islay
restaurant Palate
powerful, sharp, mineral, extremely smoky and peaty. Rather extreme, in the peat monster genre. Faint notes of blackcurrant jelly and also a little salt. Discreet sulphur. Not too much Port influence (good news?) but maybe it’s the Port that brought a little roundness. Just a little... Long, extremely peaty finish. A very wild peaty Benriach, very good. Maybe should the distillery launch a Curiositas Cask Strength? (does that already exist?) 87 points . MUSIC – Recommended listening: let's have a good old blues today with the late R.L. Burnside doing Little babe.mp3 . Please, you know what to do. January 30, 2007 TASTING - TWO 125th ANNIVERSARY BOTTLINGS Both Bruichladdich and Bunnahabhain were founded in 1881 and hence celebrated their 125th anniversaries in 2006. Of course both launched a special bottling for the occasion so let’s break WF's rules for once and taste two whiskies that do not come from the same distillery head to head. Please note that the Bunnahabhain's price (£395) is twice the Bruichladdich's (£199.99) on their official web sites. Bruichladdich 1970/2006 ‘125 years’ (40.1%, OB, 2502 bottles) This one has a very long story. First, 1970 is a legendary vintage at Bruichladdich. Second, with a bunch of other MM’s, we could taste this whisky at the distillery, when it was still ‘naked’, and found it to be wonderful, pretty much in line with the fab ‘1970’ that was bottled three or four years ago. Third, the Laddie gang decided to ‘ace’ it in some of fellow Maniac Olivier’s barrels that had contained his highly acclaimed Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Sélection de Grains Nobles Trie Spéciale from Clos Jebsal (kind of an uber-uber-late harvest if you like). To cut a long story short, we were, well, not exactly sceptic but kind of ‘scared’. I already had a dram of this one but in very bad conditions (you know, a festival + bottle shock) and, well, I felt it was a bit too woody, so I’m more than happy to be able to have it more ‘seriously’ now
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