Single Malt
Scotland
15 Jun 2009
5 Jul 2023
1944
Wine Cask
Kicking off the Middle Cut series from indie bottler Dramfool, a superb single malt from Bruichladdich. Distilled in 2009, the whisky matured for 14 years in a syrah (shiraz) red wine cask, yielding a total of 265 bottles in 2023, each given the seal of approval from former Bruichladdich master distiller Jim McEwan.
Opens on a brilliant combination of mellow oak, toasted barley and held in a halo of plump ripe Syrah grapes, leading onto the biscuity sweetness of toasted malt barley with a drift of vanilla. It’s a spectacular bouquet having been matured on the very edge of the Atlantic Ocean. You will find that Islay DNA and the maritime freshness that highlights all that is special to this spirit.
The texture & flavour is succulent & sweet. - The concentrated fruitiness is in harmony with the flavour of malt extract, the oak and a moderate maritime front note from its slumbers on the Coast of Heaven! The texture of the spirit is smooth & lingers long on the palate much to the delight of the taste buds.
It’s a spirit that’s balanced, succulent and offers an insight as to how important it is to mature full term on the coast of Heaven - Islay!
