Bruichladdich 1984 Redder Still
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bruichladdich |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1984 |
| Bottled Year | 2007 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | Château Lafleur Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 4080 |
| ABV | 50.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
quite beautiful at first nosing, elegant, sort of austere in a beautiful way, with lots of bitter oranges and lamp oil, soft lead pencil and a little olive oil. Gets a little fruitier with time (melons but more the skin than the flesh, not too ripe apricots, cider apples…) Gets seriously smoky after a moment, ashy, with also whiffs of charcoal. Also a little paraffin and new magazine (ink and paper). Drier and more elegantly austere than most recent versions we know
restaurant Palate
excellent! Much closer to the current versions in the sense that we have a lot of melons, peaches, apricots, gooseberries… Also sweets (candy-floss, Turkish delights). Other than that it’s quite malty, with again these oily feelings (olive oil) and something distinctly ashy and smoky
timer Finish
quite long, mostly on sugared smoked tea and cereals, with maybe a little salt in the background. Pretty excellent old Bruichladdich! 88 points. Bruichladdich 22 yo 1984/2007 ‘Redder Still’ (50.4%, OB, 4,000 bottles) This one was finished in Château Lafleur casks (not La Fleur-Pétrus, not Lafleur-Gazin), one of the very best Pomerols in my opinion, so even if I never really came across a claret-finished malt that was to my liking, I have high expectations. Very eye catching bottle by the way, should be a hit at Chinese New Year, if there’s any left
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to review this whisky!
Sign in to leave a review
Sign In