Single Malt
Scotland
1 Jan 1985
Released as one of three bottlings from the Bruichladdich Rare Cask Series at the tail end of 2017, this expression is a marvellous 32 year old single malt distilled in 1985. It matured initially in third-fill bourbon casks before then-master distiller Jim McEwan moved it over to fresh bourbon casks in 2012. In 2017, it was given a finishing period in French oak from an acclaimed chateaux. A release of 4,200 bottles.
Honey'd barley dusted with cacao. Fresh orange and lime, plus a little hint of honeydew melon. A suggestion of savoury basil...
Coconut ice cream with chocolate sauce, plum grapes, oak-y cinnamon and waxy pine.
A lingering sweetness of peach and pear.
