Bruichladdich 1991 VM The Cooper's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bruichladdich |
| Bottler | The Vintage Malt Whisky Co Ltd. (VM) |
| Bottling Series | The Cooper's Choice |
| Vintage | 1991 |
| Bottled Year | 2003 |
| Age | 16년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
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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