Bruichladdich 1991 MC

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Bruichladdich
Bottler	Scotch Single Malt Circle (MC)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1991
Bottled Year	2002
Age	-
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Oaky

Sweet

Vanilla

Spicy

Fruity

Honey

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Herbal

Maritime

Smoky

Chocolate

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold – amber

air Nose

an expected beautiful start on ‘good’ varnish, bold notes of fresh and nicely ripe strawberries, vanilla and marzipan. Then it’s the leather, Havana tobacco (unlit cigar – I don’t know why, this reminds me of cigars by La Gloria Cubana that we used to smoke fifteen years ago – but no more cigars these days), quince jelly, pecan pie, peanut butter... Gets then a tad resinous (eucalyptus, menthol, cough syrup, thuja wood). Also sandalwood and a little incense... And then it’s back on ripe strawberries and the jam made thereof. An amazing old whisky, incredibly fresh and lively. Very, very high class

restaurant Palate

well, there’s much more oak now but it’s okay, really. Quite some green tannins, that is, and strong tea... Things settle down after a while, leaving room for beautifully candied and orangey notes. Then we have various herbal teas (chamomile, cherry stems, blackcurrant leaves) and then more resinous ones (eucalyptus sweets, chlorophyll gum, pine sweets). The whole is much drier than on the nose, to be honest

timer Finish

not very, very long but what’s interesting is that it’s not too tannic and woody, and rather herbal, minty and resinous again. Alright, this one is maybe more a nosing malt but the palate is anything but flawed considering its age, and certainly not ‘too old’ no too woody. The nose was out of this world, which is enough to grant this 50yo Auchentoshan a very high score

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